Course for 'sanitary supervisors' will start in GNSDC: Naqvi

New Delhi, Sep 28: Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said that a course for “sanitary supervisors” will be started in Garib Nawaz Skill Development Centres (GNSDC), being established across the country. Mr Naqvi undertook “Shramdan” (voluntary work) at the campus of Maulana Azad Education Foundation of the Minority Affairs Ministry under “Swachhta Hi Seva” (cleanliness is service) campaign. He said that about three to six months-duration course for “sanitary supervisors” will be started at Garib Nawaz Skill Development Centres. While on one hand it will create job opportunities for the youths belonging to poor sections of the minority communities, on the other hand it will strengthen “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan”. The course will also include training for cleaning work with latest technology and machines and also preparing compost from the garbage. He further said that 100 Garib Nawaz Skill Development Centres will be established across the country where youths belonging to minority communities will be provided job-oriented skill development training. "Common people, especially the youth of the country, have become more attentive towards cleanliness. Cleanliness has now become a people’s movement. The people’s thinking towards cleanliness has been changed," he said “Swachhta Hi Seva” campaign is being organised across the country from 15th September to 2nd October, 2017, the birth anniversary of “Father of the Nation” Mahatama Gandhi. Mr Naqvi said that during the last three years, since the Campaign has been launched, the Modi Government has constructed more than 3 crore toilets across the country. Ministry of Minority Affairs has been constructing toilets in a large number of Madrasas and other Minority institutions and connecting them with the cleanliness campaign. These “sanitary supervisors” can play an important role in maintenance of these toilets, he added. UNI