The Chennai Port Authority successfully concluded it’s Swachhata Pakhwada 2026 campaign, marked by a comprehensive series of port-wide sanitation drives, youth engagement programs, and frontline worker welfare initiatives. 

The 2026 campaign commenced with an organization-wide Swachhata Pledge, led by Shri Sachin S. Kurve, IAS, Chairperson of Chennai Port Authority, alongside the Chief Vigilance Officer, HoDs, senior officers, employees and students of the Port. As a prelude to the action-oriented campaign, the officials and employees formally vowed to uphold the core values of environmental cleanliness, waste reduction, and sustainable maritime operations.

In alignment with the national Swachhata Hi Seva (SHS) 2026 framework, over 1000 employees participated throughout the two-week campaign, intensive sanitization drives completely refreshed the main Port premises, administrative offices, Fire Service Station, West Quay, Container Terminal Service Gate, Pipeline Division, Port Guest House, Chennai Port Authority Hospital, and the Passenger Cruise Terminal. Creative endeavours like Nukkad Natak and Waste to Wealth competitions were held to inculcate innovation in Swachhata.

A core highlight of the fortnight was the organization with a dedicated single-window camp under the theme Safaimitra Suraksha Evam Samman Shivir, specifically curated for the port's sanitation workers and Safaimitras

On the penultimate day of the campaign, over 150 employees of the Port Authority led by Shri Sachin S. Kurve, IAS, Chairperson, and the Deputy Chairperson i/c engaged in a hands-on cleaning drive at Gate Zero of the Port. Arranged under the national theme Ek Din Ek Ghanta Ek Saath, this high-visibility program successfully consolidated the efforts of the Port workforce, turning collective civic duty into a grand, resounding success.