Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that the public must cooperate with the garbage disposal scheme of the City Corporation by properly segregating the garbage which is handed over to the Kudumbasree women.

 The Corporation had launched the second phase of the Capital City Clean City project the other day, wherein segregation at the source was made mandatory. The waste has to be segregated as vegetable, plastic and other heavy material wastes which would be collected daily, weekly and monthly respectively. The Corporation would go by its prepared schedule for the drive wherein the activity would cover offices, public places, schools, houses and open places. ASHA volunteers, anganwadi workers, residents’ associations and other NGOs are joining hands with the Corporation in the drive. On the reopening day, students would be asked to take a pledge on sanitation as part of the drive. The Corporation has also joined hands with the Health Department to launch an awareness programme on the need for cleanliness to fight epidemics. The programme would be inaugurated by Revenue Minister K.P. Rajendran at Gandhi Park in the city on Thursday, at 5 p.m.

He will also flag off the four marches that would be touring all the wards to create awareness about the cleaning drive. They will continue on Friday also. The short films made by the Kerala Film Development Corporation on the theme of sanitation would also be released on the occasion.