SHILLONG: “Personal practice of cleanliness is more important than preaching” said V. Shanmuganathan, the Governor of Meghalaya while inaugurating the National Seminar on Swachh Bharat organized by the Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong at Rai Auditorium, Laitkor on March 15.
The Governor said that the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on October 2, 2014 aims at achieving clean and hygienic India within a period of five years to commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on 2nd October, 2019.
While lauding the initiative, the Governor also stressed the need by the society at large to imbibe purity of thought and sincerity in action so as to place citizens on the path of overall development.
The programme was also attended by Director General Assam Rifles, Lt. Gen. H.J.S. Sachdev.
