CURATED BY – YASHPAL SINGH JAT | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Anuppur, Under the Swachhata Hi Seva campaign, a cleanliness drive was organized by players and officials in the District Sports Complex Anuppur. This campaign was successfully carried out under the guidance of Collector Harshal Pancholi, Superintendent of Police Moti Ur Rehman, District Panchayat CEO Tanmay Vashisht Sharma, Additional Superintendent of Police and District Sports Officer in-charge Israr Mansuri.

Players cleaned carrot grass in the ground and prepared the ground for the long jump competition. The aim of this initiative was to make the sports ground better and cleaner so that the players get a chance to practice in a favorable environment. The ground was cleaned with collective effort, due to which the ground is now fully ready for long jump and other sports.

After this cleaning campaign, keeping in mind environmental protection, plantation of 'Sami', the favorite tree of Lord Shiva, was done. The 'Sami' plant is important from religious and cultural point of view and the purpose of planting it was to create a clean and green environment for the coming generations. Along with this, the sanitation worker Mr. Puran Singh Shyam was honored with a coconut for his excellent work.

The program was attended by District Volleyball Association President Chaitanya Mishra, Patron Pankaj Agarwal, Maikal Badminton Club President Ashutosh Tripathi, Secretary Rish Khan, Jitendra Narbadiya from the Traffic Department, Ramdhani Tiwari, Saffron Party District General Secretary Varun Chatterjee and senior badminton players Mohd. Naeem Mansuri and Ehsanul Haq, along with many other prominent people. The program was organized by Ramchandra Yadav, District Sports Trainer, Sports and Youth Welfare Department, Anuppur, in which the players participated enthusiastically and cleaned the ground and showed team spirit. The local people appreciated the campaign and called it an important step towards community development and spreading awareness about cleanliness.