Prime Minister Modi cleans school premises in Delhi: Swachhata Hi Seva

New Delhi, Sep 15 Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday reached the city's Baba Sahib Ambedkar Higher Secondary School in Paharganj and took up a broom to clean the surroundings.

As a part of his 'shram daan' or voluntary work, he cleaned the school surroundings with a broom.

Wearing a pale pink half-sleeve kurta, Modi was seen getting bits of paper and disposable plastic glasses with his hands.

He also used a shovel to accumulate the garbage at one place.

After reaching the school, he paid flower tributes at a statue of B R Ambedkar.

He was seen interacting with a few students, clearly giving them a talk on the importance of cleanliness.

The PM later tweeted, "With enthusiastic young friends at the Baba Sahib Ambedkar Secondary School in Delhi. It is India's youth that have led from the front and ushered in a positive change when it comes to cleanliness."

Prior, he collaborated with individuals by means of a video connect to launch "Swachhata Hi Seva" movement, a fortnight-long event.

The 'Swachhata Hi Seva' movement goes for producing greater public participation towards Swachhta (cleanliness) and is being sorted out in the run-up to the fourth commemoration of the Swachh Bharat Mission, on October 2 2018, which will likewise stamp the beginning of the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi.

The Prime Minister's Office said no special traffic arrangements were made for the movement of the PM and that he reached the venue in usual traffic conditions.

Baba Sahib Ambedkar School near Ambedkar Bhawan on Jhansi Rani Road, Paharganj, is a higher secondary school affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education.

The school has been working under a trust named as Delhi Schedule Caste Welfare Association registered under Society Registration Act. The Society has been registered on June 17, 1946.

The campus was bought by Dr B. R Ambedkar himself in 1946 with an aim to advance the educational, social and economic wellbeing of scheduled castes.