KLU Promoting Swaccha Bharat Mission

The government of India had initiated the Swaccha Bharat Mission with an aim to make the country open defecation free and clean. The mission was not to limit to the government departments, but many educational institutions had taken the initiative to promote the cleanliness and organized various drives.

The Ministry of Human Resource Development had decided to release the Swacchata Ranking of the Higher Educational Institutions 2017 based on various parameters. Klu (KL University) had emerged as a leading institute in swacchata ranking with the all India 2nd position.

Parameters of Ranking:

There are two significant parameters on which the swacchata ranking was given-

1. Campus Hygiene

2. Activities Outside Campus

1. Campus Hygiene- 85% of the swacchata ranking weightage is based on the campus hygiene. This includes the availability of toilets in hostels, toilet condition, and maintenance, garbage clearance in campus, academic building condition, running water facility and frequency & disposal system of garbage among other things.

2. Activities Outside Campus- Adopting neighborhood or adopting village and activities to spread cleanliness and hygiene.

Other parameters are also taken into account the innovative technology used in liquid and solid waste management, apparel of staff, availability of cooking gas, water storage & pipeline system, green cover on campus, hostel and kitchen hygiene, the extent of mechanization of food preparation and quality of drinking water.

The KLU had taken the initiative for swaccha Bharat mission taking into account the following objectives-

1. To aware the students about the environmental conservation
2. To involve them in taking the responsibility of establishing the awareness camps
3. To spread the awareness of environmental protection and cleanliness to the nearby areas and villages
4. To encourage the young people to be more aware and alert about the environmental issues
5. To involve more and more people in environmental issues.

The principal activities that the KLU picked up to make the campaign successful are-

1. Establishing Campus level Environmental Camps- The camps were organized to ensure the active participation of the people in environmental protection and cleanliness. Awareness was given in the form of teaching and learning so that they must feel enthusiastic while participating in the campaign.
2. Waste Management and Handling- Segregation of waste is an important part of maintaining cleanliness. The waste management also includes collection and transportation of the waste material and final storage and disposal of it.

KL University has emerged as a great example to promote the swaccha Bharat campaign. There are much more than the educational institutions can do in this campaign. With the declaration of the swachhata ranking this year, it is expected that more and more institutions will participate in the cleanliness mission and the existing institute will put on more efforts to get the best rank.

Shreyansh is a writer and blogger who writes Education related content. He believes that educational reformation is inevitable for Human Development and growth.