Drinking Water and Sanitation (DWS) minister Sushanta Chowdhury participated in a video conference at on Friday.

Union Water Resource minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and union Rural Development department Giriraj Singh chaired the conference.

Secretary of DWS department Kiran Gitte, Chief Engineer Shyamlal Bhowmik, Superintendent Engineer Rajib Majumder and many others attended the meeting.
DWS minister Chowdhury stated that he participated in a video conference organized by Jal Shakti department of the Government of India to strengthen the public participation of the country through ‘Swachta Hi Seva’ campaign.

Chowdhury said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called ‘Swachta Hi Seva’ program for the welfare of the country.

He added that the PM wants to keep the country clean. He further said, “If we make the environment around us clean and beautiful then we are doing ourselves a service. So the other name of transparency is service.”
He added that this video conference was organized to review the preparations of various activities as part of the 2-week program of ‘Swachhta Hi Seva’ (Cleanliness Service Movement) from September 15 to October 02.

It is to be noted that ministers, secretaries and senior officers of the concerned departments of various states and union territories of India participated in this video conference.