SlogansCleanliness and Swachhta slogans
For cleanliness drives, school campaigns, society notice boards and the wall that people keep littering near.
English
Clean street, proud street.
Use the bin. It has been waiting all day.
Your city is your home with a bigger door.
Litter is small. The habit is the problem.
Do not ask who will clean it. Ask who dirtied it.
Cleanliness is not a drive. It is a daily habit.
A clean school is a happy school.
If you can carry it full, you can carry it empty.
Spit and litter spoil a city faster than time does.
Clean hands, clean lanes, clean conscience.
Our lane, our pride.
The dustbin is ten steps away. Take them.
Leave the place better than you found it.
Sweepers clean up after us. Let us give them less to do.
A clean wall is the best painting.
हिन्दी
साफ़ सुथरा मेरा शहर, यही है मेरा घर।
कूड़ा कूड़ेदान में, शान है इसी काम में।
गंदगी हटाओ, देश सजाओ।
अपना घर, अपनी गली, साफ़ रखें तो लगे भली।
सफ़ाई सिर्फ़ सफ़ाईकर्मी का काम नहीं, हम सबका फ़र्ज़ है।
इधर उधर मत थूको, अपने शहर से मत रूठो।
साफ़ स्कूल, सुंदर स्कूल।
स्वच्छता की आदत डालो, बच्चों को भी यही सिखा लो।
अपनी गली, अपनी शान, साफ़ रखो हर एक मकान।
दस क़दम पर कूड़ेदान, इतना तो रख लो ध्यान।
सफ़ाईकर्मी का सम्मान करो, उनका काम आसान करो।
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
ਸਫ਼ਾਈ ਰੱਖੋ, ਬਿਮਾਰੀ ਭਜਾਓ।
ਕੂੜਾ ਕੂੜੇਦਾਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਪਾਓ, ਪਿੰਡ ਸ਼ਹਿਰ ਸੋਹਣਾ ਬਣਾਓ।
ਸਾਫ਼ ਗਲੀ, ਸਾਫ਼ ਮੁਹੱਲਾ, ਸਭ ਦਾ ਭਲਾ।
ਆਪਣੀ ਗਲੀ, ਆਪਣੀ ਸ਼ਾਨ।
ਸਫ਼ਾਈ ਸੇਵਕਾਂ ਦਾ ਮਾਣ ਕਰੋ, ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦਾ ਕੰਮ ਸੌਖਾ ਕਰੋ।
In common use (not written by us)
Pick up one thing that is not yours. That is how it starts.
स्वच्छता अपनाओ, बीमारी भगाओ।
जहाँ सफ़ाई, वहाँ भलाई।
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Where these slogans are needed
At the corner where litter collects, on the school corridor, outside the washrooms, on the society gate, at bus stands and markets, and on the cleanliness drive banner. Notice which of these are permanent. A drive lasts a morning, but a well-placed line beside a dustbin works every day.
Write your own
The best cleanliness slogans give people something to be proud of. "Our lane, our pride" works better than "Do not throw garbage here", because the first invites and the second accuses. Use "we" and "our". Name the place: our school, our mohalla, our park, our Ludhiana. A little humour helps too, as long as nobody is the target.
- English pairs: clean and green, bin and win, litter and bitter, sweep and keep, tidy and mighty.
- Hindi pairs: सफ़ाई and भलाई, कूड़ा and पूरा, स्वच्छता and सभ्यता, गंदगी and ज़िंदगी, शान and पहचान.
- Punjabi pairs: ਸਫ਼ਾਈ and ਭਲਾਈ, ਗੰਦ and ਬੰਦ, ਸ਼ਾਨ and ਪਛਾਣ.
After the drive
- Put a bin exactly where the heap was. People litter where there is no bin.
- Give one lane or corridor to each class or group, with its name on a board.
- Thank the sanitation workers by name at the assembly. A slogan about respect for their work belongs on every cleanliness poster.
What to avoid
- Insulting lines about "dirty people". They make enemies, not clean streets.
- Pictures of gods on walls to stop littering. Many people find this disrespectful.
Using these slogans
- Polite and funny works better on a wall than angry. People obey a smile faster than a threat.
- Put a dustbin where the slogan is. A slogan without a bin is only half the job.