“Mahatma Gandhi had dreamt of an India which was not only
free but also clean and developed. Mahatma Gandhi secured freedom for Mother
India. Now it is our duty to serve Mother India by keeping it neat and clean. I
take this pledge that I will remain committed and devote time for this.
I will devote 100 hours per year that is two hours per week
to voluntary work for cleanliness and devote time for this. I will neither
litter nor let others litter. I will initiate the quest for cleanliness with
myself, my family, my locality, my village and my work place. I believe that
the countries of the world that appear clean are so because their citizens
don’t indulge in littering nor do they allow it to happen.
With this firm belief, I will propagate the message of
Swachh Bharat (Clean India) Mission in villages and towns. I will encourage 100
other persons to take this pledge which I am taking today. I will endeavor to
make them devote their 100 hours for cleanliness.
I am confident that every step I take towards cleanliness
will help in making my country clean”.
This was the pledge that millions of Indians read on
Gandhi’s birthday 2nd October, as the new Indian Government’s
campaign for a ‘Clean India’ This is an initiative taken by the Prime Minister
of India Mr. Narendra Modi.
On 2nd October, Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday was
celebrated at the Embassy of India, Khartoum. The Ambassador of India H.E.
Sanjay Kumar Verma first garlanded the statue of Mahatma Gandhi and then read
out the above pledge which was followed by the Indian Community. Then the Blood
Donation Camp was opened where both ladies and men from the Indian Community
and officials from Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs donated blood. The First
Lady, Ambassador’s wife Mrs. Gunjan Verma was the first to donate blood. A few
more ladies donated blood. Later the Ambassador donated blood. A total of 33 units of blood were collected
which will save the lives of almost 100 children at the Omdurman Hospital.
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