Bhubaneswar, Feb. 7: The municipal corporation has built a tableau to spread awareness on cleanliness and seek support of people to help the city win the ongoing Swachh Survekshan II.

The tableau will move around the city till February 12 to spread awareness on cleanliness. The special focus of the vehicle would be to sensitise the citizens, so that they provide their feedback in Swachh Survekshan II.

Mayor Ananta Narayan Jena waved the green flag for the vehicle from the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation's office premises yesterday. "The citizens should come forward and take part in the survey if they want to see the city win. We have taken enough measures to ensure cleanliness. Now it's time for the citizens to give their feedback," said Jena.

The civic body has also roped in students from various educational institutions such as the Rama Devi Women's University, KIIT University and the BJB Autonomous College to take up the awareness drive on the ground. In Swachh Survekshan II, out of the total 2,000 marks, 600 marks are only for citizen's feedback.

"Citizens play a vital role in cleanliness. If we continue to keep our surroundings clean, the objectives of the cleanliness mission will be attained easily. The civic body should continue to spread awareness in a similar way if they want to keep the city clean and green," said Patia resident Giridhari Meher.

A central team, which was in the city to collect data and conduct a survey in the city for mission II, has left today. The urban development ministry's joint secretary Jhanja Tripathy came as the central observer and visited several areas, including markets, colonies and major roads.

The team members interacted with civic officials in the presence of deputy commissioner of sanitation Srimanta Mishra, sanitary inspectors, sanitation agencies and other officials. Out of four members, two verified documents and two members visited various places in the city to check planned colonies, residential areas, large slums, markets and major roads.

An expert team from the Quality Council of India came to the city on February 3 and had conducted a survey in the city for three days ending today. "The survey is completed. The result is likely to come out later this month. We have done a good job and hope for a better rank this time," said an official.