The top brass at the Vadodara Municipal Corporation has decided to change the city’s image this year. After initiating the Vishwamitri clean up and the Sursagar lake beautification projects, the VMC has now embraced an ambitious project to make Vadodara a clean city.

Not content with using just the machinery to keep the city clean, this time, the VMC has also decided to focus on the awareness part and the people’s participation by making them part of the project. But the initiative will not be limited to the VMC. Even the district collectorate has been invited to formulate the plans.

“The present state of affairs is because of a lack of awareness among the people and the apathy on the part of the VMC. Instead of simply cracking down on the contractors who are responsible for garbage collection and waste management, we have decided to address the root cause this time. Right from school children to Ganesh mandals, we have decided to include each and every citizen in this project,” said Vadodara Mayor Balkrishna Shukla.

VMC officials will develop a special presentation in which every possible aspect related to garbage will be included and will be shown to the students. “For school students there will be a different presentation and for college students the approach will be different,” Shukla said, adding that scientific information with facts and figures about waste disposal will be included in the presentation.