Archive · 17 Sep 2026
Month-long Swachhata Hi Seva campaign begins across district
A month-long cleanliness campaign is starting across the district.
It will run from September 17 to October 17.
District Collector Nishanth Kumar asked officials and residents to work together.
Teams will clean places where garbage often collects.
Schools will teach students about cleanliness and sanitation.
Sanitation workers will receive health check-ups and safety information.
Community groups will be invited to join the activities.
The campaign will also encourage people to reuse waste and turn it into something useful or valuable.
The Swachhata Hi Seva campaign will run from September 17 to October 17 across the district.
District Collector Nishanth Kumar urged officials to ensure active public participation in cleanliness activities.
The campaign will cover all four municipalities and rural areas through awareness and sanitation programmes.
Initiatives include Cleanliness Target Units, Swachh School, Safai Mitra Suraksha and Waste to Wealth.
Residents were asked to clean their homes, light a lamp and take a cleanliness pledge on September 17.
- Who
- District Collector Nishanth Kumar, municipal and panchayat officials, sanitation workers, residents and community groups.
- What
- A month-long Swachhata Hi Seva cleanliness and sanitation campaign.
- When
- September 17 to October 17.
- Where
- Across the district, including all four municipalities and rural areas; the preparations were reviewed in Madanapalle.
- Why
- To improve cleanliness and sanitation through public participation, targeted garbage removal, worker safety and better waste management.
- Campaign period
- September 17 to October 17
- Campaign area
- All four municipalities and rural areas of the district
- Coordinator
- District Collector Nishanth Kumar
- Cleanliness focus
- Garbage-prone areas will receive special sanitation drives under Cleanliness Target Units.
- Worker support
- Safai Mitra Suraksha will provide health check-ups and awareness programmes for sanitation workers.
- Waste management
- Swachhata Se Samriddhi – Waste to Wealth will promote reuse and economic value from waste.
- Public action
- Residents were urged to clean their homes, light a lamp and take a cleanliness pledge on September 17.