Summary:
“There is a policy on swachhata, and in contradiction of its essence, flex banners are being used in gram panchayats. We have not granted permission for gram panchayats and taluk panchayats to use flex banners for the campaign. Such flex banners found in Kurnadu and Salethoor gram panchayats of Bantwal taluk, promoting Swachh Survekshan Grameen-2018 survey, has ‘Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat’ printed on it. We have not received complaints about flex banners being used for the campaign. Either gram panchayat or taluk panchayats might have sent such banners..