{
  "id": 9605820,
  "title": "Panvel Municipal Corporation Intensifies Cleanliness Drives Across 20 Wards Under Swachhata Hi Seva 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/panvel-municipal-corporation-intensifies-cleanliness-drives-across-20",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-24T17:32:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/panvel-municipal-corporation-intensifies-cleanliness-drives-across-20-wards-under-swachhata-hi-seva-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Panvel Municipal Corporation has ramped up cleanliness drives across 20 wards as part of the Swachhata Hi Seva 2026 campaign, running from September 17 to October 2. The campaign, led by Mayor Nitin Patil and municipal commissioner Mangesh Chitale, focuses on the theme 'Swachhata Mein Sahbhag, Swachh Bharat, Viksit Bharat'.\n\nActivities include cleanliness drives, public space cleaning, community-led sanitation programs, and Swachh Pathshala for youth. The initiative aims to promote waste segregation, SWM rules, and create awareness about the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016. Residents and shopkeepers have been sensitized about the plastic ban, and students have taken a cleanliness pledge.\n\nSpecial attention has been given to neglected spots, with cleaning efforts undertaken at garbage accumulation areas and degraded locations in all four ward committees. Water bodies and immersion grounds like Shri Mhasoba Talao, Roadpali, New Panvel's artificial lake, Belpada immersion ghat, Rohinjan Ganesh ghat, and Wadala and Ballaleshwar lake areas have been cleaned and beautified.\n\nCivic teams have conducted drain cleaning in Roadpali Sector 15, and safety, service, and felicitation camps have been organized for sanitation workers. The campaign will continue with more cleanliness and awareness initiatives in the days ahead.",
  "summary": "Panvel, September 24, 2026: The Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) has intensified its cleanliness and public awareness activities under the Swachhata Hi Seva 2026 campaign, with a series of initiatives being conducted across all 20 wards between September 17 and October 2. Campaign Activities Across Wards The campaign, based on the theme ‘Swachhata Mein Sahbhag, Swachh Bharat, Viksit Bharat’ ,…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}