Chandigarh, 21 Sep 2019, The NCC Pan India Swacchta Pakhwada cycle rally as part of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi reached Chandigarh. The rally was flagged in by Honourable Member of Parliament Smt.Kirron Kher, in presence of Major general RS Mann, VSM, Additional Director General, Pb, Har, HP &Chd Directorate NCC and Brigadier Ranjit Singh, Group Commander, Chandigarh NCC Group. It was attended by more than 200 NCC Cadets, staff and officers.

Smt.KirronKher felicitated the Air NCC cadets and Drrakesh Thakur (Nodal Officer) who participated in “SWACHH BHARAT SUMMER INTERNSHIP – 2019” for their work which was appreciated by one and all residents of Village Behlana.

The Cycle rally is being conducted by all state NCC Directorates as part of the SwacchtaPakhwada leading up to the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. 15 boys cadets from NCC Group Chandigarh will be cycling to AmbalaCantt on 22 Sep 2019 to further handover the baton to Ambala NCC Group.The cycle rally is a relay cycle rally. The aim of the rally is to generate awareness of importance of Swacchta in day to day life of the citizens.The cadetsenroute will interact with locals and spread the awareness of SwachhtaPakhwada (Clean India) and culminate at New Delhi on 28 Sep 2019.

NCC Group Headquarter, Chandigarh cadets received the baton from Honourable Member of Parliament Smt.Kirron Kher which was handed over by the previous cycling team from Shimla during the flagging in of the cycle rally at Sector 31, NCC Complex on 21 Sep 2019.