Mayor inaugurates wall paintings with special visual montages created at Chandigarh
Mission Swachh Chandigarh
Chandigarh, February 18:- To sensitize the general public on key environmental issues and messages of Swachh Bharat Mission, the Municipal Corporation has srated wall paintings with special visual montages created in Chandigarh.
Smt. Sarbjit Kaur Dhillon, Mayor, Chandigarh today formally inaugurated the 1st wall painting project at underbridge, Manimajra in the presence of Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, Sh. Amit Gossain, Managing Director, KONE Elevators India and Sh. Ashish Sachdeva, Founder & President, Green Dream Foundation, which has taken this project under CSR activity.
While speaking on the occassion, the Mayor said that in collaboration with the Green Dream Foundation, KONE Elevators India initiated the Green Dream Project for the betterment of the community through measures that will uplifts otherwise neglected walls, delivers a powerful message in a very effective manner, and offers good job opportunities for talented artists from different parts of the country.
She said that the latest areas to get the sparkling facelift are the Manimajra underpass and ISBT Sector 17-22 subway, spanning 14000 sq feet. She said that this projectaims to sensitize the general public on key environmental issues – such as pollution, the need to save water, waste management, circular economy, sustainable development and so on. She said that using this unusual visual medium to convey our message will make it more impactful and memorable.
Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, MCC said that the idea behind this project was to get across this core message and make people more mindful of their actions. As a happy consequence, it also served to beautify several neglected walls – in line with the Swachh Bharat Mission. She said that these areas have been redevoped by installing CCTV cameras, litter bins, lights, etc. to inculcate good practices in Chandigarh.
She said that this is the “first of its kind” initiative in Chandigarh could only be realised by alignment of multiple stakeholders to SDG 17 that is Partnerships for the Goals. The unique idea of redeveloping the subways through multiple interventions is already gaining great feedback from the visitors. She said that we look forward to executing more of such socially inclusive projects aligned to the vision of Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0.
