भा. कृ.अन.ुप. पषु्पविज्ञान अनसुन्धान ननदेशालय, पणेु

ICAR - Directorate of Floricultural Research, Pune

कृषी महाविध्यालय परिसि, शशिाजीनगि, पणेु-४११ ००५

College of Agriculture Campus, Shivajinagar, Pune-411 005

REPORT ON SWACHHTA HI SEWA CAMPAIGN -2018 (15.09.2018 TO 02.10.2018)

‘Swachhta Hi Sewa 2018’ Campaign was observed at ICAR- Directorate of Floricultural

Research, Pune in connection with Swachhta Hi Sewa Pakhwada (15.09.2018 to 02.10.2018). To

commemorate the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, various activities were organized by ICAR –

Directorate of Floricultural Research, Pune.

15.09.18

A pledge taking ceremony was conducted in the office premises of ICAR – Directorate of

Floricultural Research, Pune for administering the oath of cleanliness. All the staff members of

the institute administered the ‘Swachhta Hi Seva Pledge (Sapath)’ whereby the staff resolved to

create a clean healthy and new India. Banners on Swacch Bharat Abhiyan is part of every occasion

at the institute and during farmer’s field visits. An awareness campaign was organized on

‘Swachhta hi Sewa’ at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Narayanaon. Swacchta pledge was administered to

KVK Staff including subject matter specialists, farmers, trainees and youth to spread the theme of

Swacchta.

16.09.18

Banners on “Swachhta Hi Sewa” were displayed in the Institute campus for spreading awareness

regarding Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

17.09.18

Partheniums and plastics were removed and eradicated as part of the campaign at Hadapsar farm

of ICAR – Directorate of Floricultural Research, Pune. Awareness was spread among the farm

labours about the infestation of parthenium and its effect on crop and human health.

19.09.18

For the staff members of ICAR – Directorate of Floricultural Research, Pune an essay writing

competition was held on the topic “Plastic ka unmoolan- uchith ya anuchith”. Around 13 staff

members participated in the Essay writing competition.

21.09.18

All the staff of the institute comprising scientific, technical, administrative and contractual staff

participated actively in the shramadaan programme by removing the weeds from the institute

campus. Shramadaan was done by all staff of the institute for lawn preparation in front of institute

campus for campus beautification. About 13 staff members participated in the Cleanliness

activities. Also a Shabdlekhan competition (Word writing) competition was conducted with the

theme “Paryavaran pradhooshan aur Swachhta”

22.09.18

Cleaning and systematic arrangement of Chemicals and Glass wares was done in the Stores section

of the Institute.

24.09.18

A drive for cleaning and systematic arrangement of Farm inputs and farm implements in Stores

section of the Institute was organised.

25.09.18

Cleaning of Office, Weeding off unwanted files etc. was done in the administrative section of the

Institute. All the staff members contributed in cleaning of the office files and sitting places.

26.09.2018

A Workshop on “Importance of Segregation of waste and disposal” was organized as part of

‘Swachhta Hi Sewa Campaign 2018' at ICAR- Directorate of Floricultural Research, Pune. The

workshop was conducted by the Officials from ‘Adar Poonawalla Clean City Initiative’ in

collaboration with Janwani group and ‘GOOD 4 NOTHING (g4n)’. Venue of the workshop was

Training Hall, TEC-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Regional Station, Pune. Around 50

participants including DFR staff, IVRI Regional station - Pune staff, Teaching Faculty from

College of Horticulture Pune and B.Sc. (Hort.) final year Students, College of Horticulture, Pune

participated actively in the workshop.

27.09.18

Shramadaan was done by all staff of the institute in the College of Agriculture, Pune Campus. A

Rangoli competition was conducted on the theme-‘Swacchta hi Sewa” wherein four groups

participated including contractual staff members from ICAR-Directorate of Floricultural Research,

Pune and Students from College of Agriculture, Pune.

28.09.18

Shramdaan was organized in the laboratory of the Institute. During the activity, unwanted and

broken glasswares, un-used or expired chemicals, scrap found in the laboratories was disposed off.

Log books were verified for regular updation. All the equipments in the laboratory were kept clean,

neat and tidy.

29.09.18

All the staff members were involved in the cleaning of the Institute library. Old newspapers,

magazines and miscellaneous publications of the library were disposed off as part of the

cleanliness drive. Systematic arrangements of Journals, Magazines, Periodicals, Books, Reports

etc. were done

01.10.18

A Cleanliness drive was organized at ICAR-DFR, Hadapsar campus wherein dedicated cleaning

of the surroundings of farm in Hadapasar campus was done. Weeding, removal of plastic and

partheniums were done as part of the drive.

02.10.18

To show the support for the ‘Swachhta Hi Sewa (Cleanliness is Service) Campaign’, an Awareness

Rally was organized in collaboration with ICAR- NRC for Grapes depicting the importance of

Swachh Bharath Mission (Ek Kadam Swachhta Ki Aur) at Shewalwadi Gram Panchayat, Manjri

Village, Hadapsar. The School students and teachers from Bhavravasti Zilla Parishad Primary

School, Manjri, Pune also participated in the awareness rally wherein comprehensive awareness

campaign was done through display of posters on importance of Swacchta.

A grand function was organized at ICAR- National Research Centre for Grapes on the

occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in collaboration with ICAR- National

Research Centre for Grapes. As part of this, a Workshop on “GENERATION OF WEALTH

FROM WASTE” was conducted wherein method demonstration were conducted on four different

topics. The group from a firm ‘GOOD 4 NOTHING (g4n)’ (Mr. Mayur Mehta, Mr. Nilay Parikh

and team ) had demonstrated the making of Paper Bags and Paper Box from old newspapers

wherein hands–on demonstration was done involving all the participants. The team also

demonstrated how to make pencils from old newspapers which can be started as a rural enterprise.

Also Dr. Dharmendra Kumar Phalke (Nodal Officer to State Govt,, M.P.K.V. Rahuri and Asst.

Professor (Soil science and Agrl. Chemistry), Agrl. College, Pune) had given a lecture on

‘Utilization of Waste for composting’. A method demonstration on different methods of

dehydration for preparation of dry flowers and methods for preparation of Potpourri form dried

petals of flower crops by Dr. (Mrs.) Safeena S.A, Scientist, ICAR- DFR, Pune was organized. It

was demonstrated that excess flowers and other plant parts could be converted to highly

commercial products like potpourri which have great demand in national and international

markets. Around 150 participants including the staff members from ICAR-DFR, Pune, ICAR-

NRC for Grapes, Farmers and Villagers wholeheartedly participated in the programme with great

enthusiasm. The public present at the venue also wholeheartedly participated in the workshop and

there was active participation of all the officials of ICAR-Directorate of Floricultural Research

Pune and ICAR- National Research Centre for Grapes, Pune.

Proforma for furnishing information on Swachhta Hi Sewa activities

Name of the Institute: ICAR-Directorate of Floricultural Research, Pune

S.No. List of activities Site of activity

undertaken

Period /

Dates

No. of employees

participated

1. All the staff of the institute

administered the ‘Swachhta Hi Seva

Pledge (Sapath)’ whereby the staff

resolved to create a clean healthy and

new India

ICAR-DFR,

Pune,

Shivajinagar

campus

15.09.18 23

2. Banners on Swacch Bharat Abhiyan -

part of every occasion at the institute

and during farmer’s field visits.

Organized awareness campaign on

‘Swachhta hi Sewa’ in Krishi Vigyan

Kendra, Narayanaon. Swacchta

pledge was administered to KVK

Staff including subject matter

specialists, farmers, trainees and

youth to spread the theme of

Swacchta

Krishi Vigyan

Kendra,

Narayangaon

15.09.2018 36

(including DFR

staff + KVK staff

+Trainees)

3. Display of Banners “Swachhta Hi

Sewa” in the Institute campus.

ICAR-DFR,

Pune

16.09.18 23

4. Eradication of Parthenium and Plastic

at Hadapsar campus

ICAR-DFR,

Hadapsar

campus, Pune

17.09.18 30

5. An essay writing competition was

held at the institute on the theme-

‘Plastic ka unmoolan- uchith ya

anuchith’

ICAR-DFR,

Pune,

Shivajinagar

campus

19.09.18 13

6. All the staff of the institute,

participated in the Shramadaan by

removing the weeds from the institute

campus

ICAR-DFR,

Pune,

Shivajinagar

campus

21.09.18 13

7. Shramadaan was done by all staff of

the institute for lawn preparation

infront of institute campus for campus

beautification

ICAR-DFR,

Pune,

Shivajinagar

campus

21.09.18 13

8. Shabdlekhan competition (Word

writing) competition was conducted

with the theme “Paryavaran

pradhooshan aur Swachhta”

ICAR-DFR,

Pune,

Shivajinagar

campus

21.09.18 13

9. Cleaning and systematic arrangement

of Chemicals and Glass wares in

Stores section of the Institute

ICAR-DFR,

Pune,

Shivajinagar

campus

22.09.18 13

10. Cleaning and systematic arrangement

of Farm inputs and farm implements

in Stores section of the Institute

ICAR-DFR,

Pune,

Shivajinagar

campus

24.09.18 13

11 Cleaning of Office, Weeding off

unwanted files etc. in the

administrative section of the Institute

ICAR-DFR,

Pune,

Shivajinagar

campus

25.09.18 13

12 A Workshop on “Importance of

Segregation of waste and disposal”

was organized. The workshop was

conducted by the Officials from ‘Adar

Poonawalla Clean City Initiative’

Training Hall,

TEC-Indian

Veterinary

Research

Institute,

Regional

Station, Pune.

26.09.2018 50

(including DFR

staff + IVRI

Regional station

Pune staff +

Teaching Faculty

from College of

Horticulture Pune

and B.Sc. (Hort.)

final year

Students, College

of Horticulture,

Pune

13 Shramadaan was done by all staff of

the institute in the College of

Agriculture, Pune Campus

Agriculture

College campus,

Pune

27.09.18 20

14 A Rangoli competition was conducted

on the theme-‘Swacchta hi Sewa”

ICAR-DFR,

Pune,

Shivajinagar

campus

27.09.18 8

15 Shramdaan was conducted in the

laboratory of the Institute. During the

activity, unwanted and broken

glasswares, un-used or expired

chemicals, scrap found in the

laboratories was disposed off. Log

books were verified for regular

updation. All the equipments in the

laboratory was kept clean, neat and

tidy.

ICAR-DFR,

Pune,

Shivajinagar

campus

28.09.18 13

16 All the staff members were involved

in the cleaning of the

Institute library. Old newspapers,

magazines and miscellaneous

publications of the library were

disposed off as part of the cleanliness

drive. Systematic arrangements of

Journals, Magazines, Periodicals,

Books, Reports etc. were done

ICAR-DFR,

Pune,

Shivajinagar

campus

29.09.18 10

17 A Cleanliness drive was organized at

ICAR-DFR, Hadapsar campus

wherein dedicated cleaning of the

surroundings of farm in Hadapasar

campus was done. Weeding, removal

of plastic and partheniums were done

as part of the drive.

ICAR-DFR,

Hadapsar

campus.

01.10.18 30

18 To show the support for the ‘Swachhta

Hi Sewa (Cleanliness is Service)

Campaign’, an Awareness Rally was

organized in collaboration with

ICAR- NRC for Grapes depicting the

importance of Swachh Bharath

Mission (Ek Kadam Swachhta Ki

Aur). The School students from

Bhavravasti Zilla Parishad Primary

School, Manjri, Pune also participated

in the awareness rally wherein

comprehensive awareness campaign

was done through display of posters

on importance of Swacchta.

Shewalwadi

Gram Panchayat,

Manjri Village,

Hadapsar

02.10.18 60

including staff

members from

ICAR-DFR,

Pune, ICAR-NRC

for Grapes,

Students,

Teachers and

Villagers

19 A grand function was organized on the

occasion of 150th birth anniversary of

Mahatma Gandhi in collaboration

with ICAR- NRC for Grapes. As part

of this, a Workshop on “Generation of

wealth out of waste” was conducted

wherein method demonstration were

conducted in four different topics.

The group from a firm ‘GOOD 4

NOTHING (g4n)’ had demonstrated

the making of Paper Bags and Paper

Box wherein hands–on demonstration

was done involving all the

participants. Also Dr. Dharmendra

Kumar Phalke (Nodal Officer to State

Govt,, M.P.K.V. Rahuri and Asst.

Professor (Soil science and Agrl.

Chemistry), Agrl. College, Pune) had

given a lecture on ‘Utilization of

Waste for composting’. A method

demonstration was conducted on

different methods of dehydration for

preparation of dry flowers and

methods for preparation of Potpourri

form dried petals of flower crops by

Dr.(Mrs.) Safeena S.A, Scientist,

ICAR- DFR, Pune. All the staff

members from ICAR-DFR, Pune,

ICAR-NRC for Grapes, Farmers and

Villagers wholeheartedly participated

ICAR-National

Research Centre

for Grapes, Pune

02.10.18 150

including staff

members from

ICAR-DFR,

Pune, ICAR-NRC

for Grapes,

Farmers and

Villagers

in the programme with great

enthusiasm.

\

Pledge for cleanliness

Essay writing competition on the topic “Plastic ka unmoolan- uchith ya anuchith”.

Shramadaan for lawn preparation in front of institute campus

Shramdaan by institute staff for removal of partheniums, weeds, plastics etc.

Shabdlekhan competition with the theme “Paryavaran pradhooshan aur Swachhta”

Cleaning and systematic arrangement of Farm

inputs and farm implements in Stores section

Cleaning and systematic arrangement of Chemicals and Glass wares in the Stores section

Workshop on “Importance of Segregation of waste and disposal” by ‘Adar Poonawalla

Clean City Initiative’

Shramdaan by institute staff in Agriculture College campus

Shramdaan by institute staff in front of office premises

Cleaning and arrangement of books in the

Institute library

Rangoli competition on the theme-‘Swacchta hi Sewa”

Rangoli competition on the theme-‘Swacchta hi Sewa”

Awareness campaign through display of posters and banners at Bhavravasti Zilla Parishad

Primary School

Shramadaan by Staff from ICAR-DFR and ICAR-NRCG at Shewalwadi Gram Panchayat

Workshop on “Generation of wealth from waste”

Method demonstrated for making of Paper Bags, Pencils and Paper Box by Good 4 nothing

Enthusiastic participants in the making of paper box

Lecture on ‘Utilization of Waste for composting’

Method demonstration on different methods of dehydration for preparation of dry flowers

and methods for preparation of Potpourri form dried petals of flower crops