‘Dhaka Clean-up Campaign’ makes Guinness World Record

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka Clean-up Campaign, organised by Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) in the capital on April 13 last, has confirmed its spot in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Guinness Book authority handed over a certificate regarding the recognition of the weeping programme to DSCC Mayor Mohammad Sayeed Khokon on Monday.

DSCC Public Relations Officer Zakir Hossain confirmed this to risingbd.com.

The authorities of the Guinness Book of World Records published it at their website on Monday, he said.

The DSCC in collaboration with Reckitt Benckiser Bangladesh arranged the programme to raise awareness among people to make the city a clean and a healthy one.

The initiative was taken to create awareness among people that practising hygiene should not be limited to personal life only; rather it should be practised at a community level to build a clean city.

15,313 people registered to take part in the sweeping programme although over 30,000 people took to the streets with brooms spontaneously to set the record. To make the world record, it required 5,058 registered people.

The participants included members of Rover Scouts, Bangladesh National Cadet Core (BNCC), Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and Fire Service, celebrities, actors, students from educational institutions and social activists.

The previous record was set by India’s Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) last year as more than 5,000 people took part in a clean-up drive in the Indian city.

risingbd/Dhaka/Sept 24, 2018/Asad/AI