Summary:
more-inFor Muthuraman, a casual labourer of Mayandipatti in Madurai district, his village is now suddenly turning green. Under the Government of India’s initiative ‘Gram Swaraj Abhiyan,’ select panchayats in each district have been identified for executing the cleaning programme. As a part of the programme, the district administration has appointed 2,305 volunteers, identified as ‘Thooimai Kavalar’ (protector of cleanliness). Similarly, in Sakkimangalam and Chatrapatti, villagers had been given solar lights in toilets attached to their dwellings. “When the beneficiaries are given the infrastructure, there is every possibility of achieving the goal successfully,” said Additional Collector (Development) S.P..