Swachhta Mission goes down the drain::::Heaps of empty liquor bottles, plastic dot Store Depot of Agriculture Department at Pathargudda

Vikramaditya
Port Blair, Mar 26: Achieving a ‘Swachh Bharat’ is on the top of the current government’s agenda but the Agriculture Department of these islands seems to have ignored it if the garbage that has piled up at the Agriculture Department’s Store and Sales Dep
ot at Pathurgadda is any indication.
Stroll into the premises of the Agriculture Store, one can find heaps of empty liquor bottles and plastic glasses dumped abutting the boundary wall and also everywhere else. The presence of large number of empty liquor bottles confirm the prevalence of boozing by departmental people and also outsiders inside the campus of the Department.
“While the government is focusing on cleanliness drive, the agriculture department is least bothered on sanitation, it appears. Open dumping of filth mainly liquor bottles inside the Agriculture Store depot at Pathurgadda is clear testament of the agency’s inertia towards implementing the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan,” said a pedestrian, Rama Rao.
It is learnt that during evening hours lot of people come inside the campus of Agriculture Department and consume liquor openly. As there is no boundary people easily come inside and enjoy open air boozing.
The senior officials of the Agriculture Department should take a strong note of the situation. Besides initiating action for removal of the garbage, officials posted in the store section should be strictly instructed to keep a watch on such illegal activities.