More green announcements on Republic Day
Green announcements as part of the state-wide Waste-free New Kerala People's Campaign aimed at a clean Kerala and a sustainable Kerala will be held from January 26. Ministers and people's representatives will make announcements in various districts. More campaign activities will be held in all local bodies, including green schools, green markets, green public spaces, and green colleges, along with green status announcements, until January 31. These institutions have achieved green status through remarkable campaign activities led by local bodies.
Following the announcement from January 26,this year, 2,87,654 neighborhood groups in various local self-government bodies in the state will become green neighborhood groups, 49,988 institutions will become green institutions, and 1,884 towns will become green towns. 14,001 schools will achieve green school status. 2,445 public places and 1340 colleges will be greened in the month of January. 169 tourist destinations will be made green tourism destinations.
The mass campaign has started on Gandhi Jayanti, October 2, 2024, and will conclude on March 30, 2025 (International Zero Waste Day). The campaign is being coordinated jointly by the Haritha Keralam Mission, Suchitva Mission, Kudumbashree Mission, Kerala Solid Waste Management Project, Clean Kerala Company, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, Kila, etc., under the leadership of the local self-government institutions, in collaboration with the Local Self-Government Department and various departments and agencies.