The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH),  has undertaken several activities all over the country under the “Special Campaign 3.0”, aimed at institutionalizing Swachhata (cleanliness) and minimizing pendency within the Ministry and its subordinate offices viz NHAI, NHIDCL & IAHE. These activities include “Swachhata Abhiyan” (cleanliness drive) in the offices, at various toll plazas, project sites etc and disposing pending files, weeding out scrap and making roads pothole-free.

The campaign, which started on 2^nd October, will continue till 31^st October. The entire campaign has been planned in line with the vision of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, under the guidance of Minister RT&H Shri Nitin Gadkari and MoS RT&H General V.K. Singh.

Kickstarting the campaign, Secretary MoRTH Shri Anurag Jain recently inspected the offices and building premises at the Transport Bhavan here. He emphasized on maintaining highest standards of cleanliness and directed the officials to give a smart look of the offices. He spent time at the Central Registry (CR) Section (Dak Section) of the Ministry, which handles external communication, including Public Grievances, PMO references etc. and gave necessary instructions to improve its efficiency. Joint Secretary Shri Kamlesh Chaturvedi and other senior officials were present during the inspection.

As a precursor to the campaign, a “Swachhata Hi Seva (SHS) campaign” was carried out from 15^th to 30^th September, following which a special campaign “Ek Taarikh, Ek Ghanta, Ek Saath” was conducted on 1^st October all over the country. A Swachhata pledge ceremony and cleanliness drive was organized in Transport Bhavan on 2^nd October, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, to mark the beginning of “Special Campaign 3.0”. The launch saw participation of senior MoRTH officials including Additional Secretary Shri Amit Kumar Ghosh, Joint Secretaries Shri Kamlesh Chaturvedi and Shri S.P. Singh, besides others.

 Till 16^th October, the Ministry has disposed 601 Public Grievances, 162 Public Grievance Appeals, 147 MP references, 4 PMO references, and 10 Parliamentary Assurances. It has weeded 4,270 physical files. As many as 11,958 Cleanliness campaign events have been organized in different parts of the country. The Ministry has been able to free 200 sq ft area within office premises during the campaign so far. The Cleanliness campaigns are being organized at toll plazas, Regional Offices & PIU/PMUs of MoRTH/NHAI/NHIDCL.

As part of the campaign, monitoring of disposal of pending MP references, Public Grievances, record management of files etc is being done by MoRTH on a daily basis through a dedicated portal. Efforts are being made for their quality disposal through coordination among different offices.

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 MJPS