chandigarh mayor of chandigarh sarbjit kaur on saturday morning launched the swachh amrit mahotsav in sector 16 rose garden the event witnessed a formation of human chain of around 2000 people and a rally was also organised to sensitise the people about cleanliness the mahotsav will be celebrated till october 2the activity was undertaken to mobilise communities from across the city to bring about behavioural change with an aim to make the city garbage free speaking on the occasion the mayor said to celebrate eight years of swachh bharat missionurban the municipal corporation mc chandigarh will organise a fortnight of activities to galvanise action around swachhatathe activities will focus on mobilising citizen action and commitment towards the vision of building garbagefree cityin the line with the prime ministers vision of harnessing youth energy for positive action the first ever indian swachhata league an intercity competition took place between the youth for the maiden edition of isl more than 1850 city teams from across the country have registered to compete the team chandigarh challengers compete in the league by creating their own unique sanitation initiatives to focus on creating garbage free tourist places the mayor saidanindita mitra municipal commissioner said with the aim of achieving segregation of waste at source level the human chain mobilised communities from across the city in large numbers to join hands and pledge to ensure proper sanitation and hygiene in homes and surroundings and stop the practice of mixing waste at their households for protecting environment and well being of societythis initiative has already generated a lot of excitement and interest among the youthshe added