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Bandipora:IN CONTINUATION WITH THE EFFORTS TO REACh OUT TO THE AWAAM TO FURTHER NURTURE THE ALREADY EXISTING STRONG BOND BETWEEN THE INDIAN ARMY & LOCALS,13 RR BN (KUMAON) UNDER THE AEGIS OF HQ 3 SECTOR RR.ORGANISED A SWACHH BHARAT ABHIYAN IN THEIR AOR WITH AN AIM TO DEVELOP A SENSE OF HYGIENE & SANITATION IN THE REMOTE AREAS & ALSO TO EDUCATE THE LOCALS ABOUT THE BENIFITS OF CLEANLINESS & PREVENTION OF VARIOUS COMMUNICABLE & PANDEMIC RELATED DISEASES DUE TO UNHEALTHY PRACTICES IN DAILY LIFE.
THE BATTALION ALSO EDUCATED THE LOCALS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THE SURROUNDINGS CLEAN PEOPLE FROM ALL SECTIONS OF THE SOCIETY JOINED THE MASS MOVEMENT IN LARGE NUMBERS.
BANYARI VILLAGE OF AJAS WAS ADOPTED BY THE BATTALION WHEREIN THE COMPANY COMMANDER ALSO GAVE A TALK HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF SWACHH BHARAT. IN ADDITION TO CLEANING THE SURROUNDINGS, LOCALS ALSO PARTICIPATED IN CLEANING THE WULAR LAKE
A MEDICAL CAMP WAS ALSO ORGANISED KEEPING IN MIND THE MEDICAL PROBLEMS OF THE LOCALS & THE PAUCITY OF HEALTHCARE RESOURCES IN FAR FLUNG AREAS.
THE LOCALS LAUDED THE INITIATIVE & EXPRESSED HOPE THAT SUCH INITIATIVES BY THE INDIAN ARMY WILL HELP ENSURE THE DREAM OF A CLEAN INDIA COME TRUE & ALSO TOOK A PLEDGE STATING ‘NA GANDAGI KARENGE, NA GANDAGI HONE DENGE’
