Varanasi, Oct. 15 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday honoured over 600 sanitation workers at the "Swachhata Mitra Samman Samaroh" in Varanasi, praising their contribution to cleanliness and describing them as the "foundation stones" of society.

The felicitation ceremony was organised at Saroj Palace in Ramkatora to mark the conclusion of a 76-day cleanliness campaign led by former minister and City South MLA Dr Neelkanth Tiwari across wards in the city.

Addressing sanitation workers, their families and other attendees during his two-day visit, the Chief Minister praised Tiwari's campaign as an innovative initiative and said similar efforts across all 403 Assembly constituencies could bring significant change.

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