Hema Malini wields broom, launches clean water service

Sonkh (Mathura) April 7 (IANS) BJP MP and veteran actress Hema Malini on Friday picked up a broomstick here to drive the message of cleanliness and launched a service for home delivery of drinking water.

She launched a Home delivery water supply service in Sonkh which is a dark block and suffers from toxic underground reserves -- considered a health hazard.

The water to the town will be brought from a tube well some 6 km away in cans and jars and supplied to people at their homes at a nominal price.

Hema said supply of safe potable drinking water was a need of the town.

Now RO water would be available to all she said.

Water will cost 20 paise a litre and Rs 2 for a can of 10 litre.

After the launch programme Hema participated in a cleanliness drive with municipal chairperson Manisha Gupta with a broomstick. School children then took an oath of cleanliness -- Mann bhi saaf baahar bhi saaf.

--IANS
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