Dhaka cleaning campaign claims setting Guinness World Record

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) claims to set a new Guinness World Record by a cleaning campaign in the city joined by over 15,000 people, reports UNB.

DSCC mayor Mohammad Sayeed Khokon inaugurated the campaign ‘Dettol Porichchonno Dhaka” powered by GTV and supported by Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) at Golap Shah Mazar point of Gulistan.

Mayor Khokon said, 15,313 people joined the campaign spontaneously to set the new record.

However, the formal announcement from the Guinness Book of World Records authority will come soon after the completion of necessary formalities.

The auditors of the Guinness Book of World Records were present to witness the two-hour-long programme.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner Asaduzaman Miah, film actor Riaz, actress Mahiya Mahi and many others joined the event.

DMP commissioner Asaduzaman Miah said, this type of event will help raise awareness to keep the city clean.

This 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.

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 registration for participants in the sweeping programme started around 7:00am at Nagar Bhaban.

The sweeping programme, led by the DSCC mayor, started from Golapshah Mazar in Gulistan and ended at the Paltan area in the capital.

On the other hand, Residents of Vadodara, the 10th cleanest city of India on 28 May last year created a Guinness World Record with maximum number of people sweeping the ‘floor’ (single venue) while around 5,058 people came together to sweep the venue-a bridge connecting Akota with Dandia bazaar-in city, spread over one kilometre.