Sri Vijaya Puram, October 19: Recognising sanitation workers’ contribution to village hygiene and students’ role in promoting environmental awareness, the Community Development Block, Little Andaman, organised a felicitation programme under the Swachhata Hi Seva campaign on October 16.
Held at the Panchayat Samiti Hall in Little Andaman, the event honoured three Sanitary Workers, also known as SafaiMitras, for their services and felicitated winners of a poster-making competition conducted under Swachhata Hi Seva 2026.
The programme focused on the importance of maintaining cleanliness in villages and promoting practices such as waste segregation. Participants also acknowledged the work of sanitation personnel in supporting a clean and hygienic environment.
Pramanathan, Pramukh of the Panchayat Samiti, Little Andaman, attended as the chief guest. K. Rudra Murthy, Pradhan of Gram Panchayat Hut Bay, and Sanjeeta Biswas, Pradhan of Gram Panchayat Rabindra Nagar, attended as special guests.
Addressing the gathering, the chief guest and other dignitaries emphasised the need to maintain cleanliness in villages and recognised the efforts of sanitation workers in keeping their surroundings clean and healthy.
The three sanitation workers felicitated at the programme were Gouranga Halder of Gram Panchayat Vivekanandapur, Bimal Devi of Gram Panchayat Hut Bay and Arvin Beck of Gram Panchayat Rabindra Nagar.
The organisers also honoured students who won the poster-making competition held as part of Swachhata Hi Seva 2026. The competition recognised students’ creativity in communicating messages related to cleanliness, waste segregation and environmental awareness.
The programme brought sanitation workers’ services and student participation into the campaign’s focus, linking everyday sanitation work with efforts to encourage cleaner villages and greater awareness of responsible waste management.
