Several departments in ‘Mantralay’ found unclean : Cleanliness drive to begin on 19th September

Mumbai – ‘Mantralay’, which is the headquarters of Maharashtra’s administrative affairs, has become quite unclean due to unnecessary material lying in various departments, archived documents lying in corridors, dilapidated cupboards etc. It has been stated in the Government order issued by the General Administration Department of ‘Mantralay’ that despite giving notices from time to time to clean the building, there has been no improvement. With a view to change this, a cleanliness drive will be conducted in the ‘Mantralay’ from 19^thSeptember to 31^stOctober.

Several departments in Maharashtra’s Secretariat (Mantralaya) found unclean: Cleanliness campaign to begin from September 19

How can an administration that cannot maintain cleanliness in its own offices ensure cleanliness across the state?

In September 2023, Sanatan Prabhat… https://t.co/PiD7Q4Otzr pic.twitter.com/FKEOHd0knX

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Classification of records, disposal of unnecessary documents, disposal of scrap, not keeping unnecessary chairs, panels, boxes etc. in the corridor, repair of cupboards, painting etc. have been instructed by the General Administration Department. The General Administration Department has instructed all the departments to finish maximum cleaning work such as scanning and sorting of documents during this period.

Daily ‘Sanatan Prabhat’ report and complaint from Surajya Abhiyan

On 14^thSeptember 2023, daily ‘Sanatan Prabhat’ published a report titled ‘Paperless working in Mantralay, but piles of papers found in all departments’ on its website. On 27^thSeptember 2023, Hindu Janajagruti Samiti’s Surajya Abhiyan filed a written complaint to the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister along with the Principal Secretary of the State in this regard.