New Delhi: Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs & Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri felicitated Safai Mitras and frontline workers at Central Park, Connaught Place, New Delhi.
Union Minister was accompanied by the Minister of state for Housing and Urban Affairs Kaushal Kishore and Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture Meenakashi Lekhi.
Speaking on the occasion, H. S. Puri yesterday said that Mahatma Gandhi gave utmost importance to the cleanliness, and called upon the citizens in 1916 itself to imbibe personal hygiene and ensure cleanliness of the surroundings.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a concrete shape to vision of Father of the nation, and launched Swachh Bharat Mission(SBM) 7 years ago, Union Minister added.