Waste-free New Kerala People's Campaign, More green announcements on Republic Day by Ministers and people's representatives.
More green announcements as part of the Waste-free New Kerala People's Campaign organized across the state with the aim of a clean Kerala and a sustainable Kerala will be made from January 26. Ministers and public 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 this year. These institutions have achieved green status through remarkable campaign activities led by local bodies.
In Palakkad district, the declaration of Shoranur Municipality as a waste-free municipality and the inauguration of the Waste Management Study Centre and the MCF Facilitation Center will be made by Local Self-Government and Excise Department Minister M. B. Rajesh on January 26. The announcement, and certificate distribution of green school and green neighborhood groups in Alathur Grama Panchayat, Palakkad will be made by Electricity Minister K. Krishnankutty on January 26. In Malappuram district, Sports Minister V. Abdurahiman will make green announcements in Nilambur Municipality on January 27. In Kannur district, the announcement of green tourism in Dharmadam constituency - Parapram Regulator cum Bridge will be made by Rajya Sabha MP Dr. V Sivadasan. On Republic Day, Kannur Maloor Town will be declared as a green town by K K Shailaja r MLA. In Ottoor Grama Panchayat, Thiruvananthapuram, the announcement of a complete green neighborhood group will be made by Adv. O.S. Ambika on January 26. A. Raja MLA will make the announcement at the Idukki district level of the Waste-Free New Kerala Janakiya Campaign activities and the inauguration of the construction of the watch tower at the Kottapara Tourism Center. CH Kunjambu MLA will make the announcement at the Pallikkara Grama Panchayat level in Kanhangad block, Kasaragod on January 27. Adv. V. R. Sunilkumar MLA will make the inauguration of the Pachaturuth in Kodungallur Municipality, Thrissur at the Kodungallur KSRTC depot. K. P. Kunjammadkutty MLA will make the announcement at the Kuttiadi Panchayat level green declarations in Kozhikode district. P. P. Chittaranjan MLA will make the green announcement at the Mararikulam North Grama Panchayat Youth Meet in Alappuzha.
Various green declarations will be made at Piravanthur Grama Panchayat in Kollam district by Dr. T.N. Seema,the State Coordinator of the Nava Keralam Karma Padhathi.
On January 26, 2,87,654 neighbourhood groups became green neighbourhood groups, 49,988 institutions as green institutions, and 1,884 towns as green towns in various local self-government bodies in the state. 14,001 schools will be newly declared as green schools. 2,445 public places and 1340 colleges will be declared green on January 26. 169 tourist destinations will be made green tourism destinations.
The mass campaign is from Gandhi Jayanti, October 2, 2024, to March 30, 2025 (International Zero Waste Day). The campaign is being coordinated jointly by the Local Self-Government Department, the Haritha Keralam Mission, Suchitwa 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 various departments and agencies.
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