IMPHAL: Joining Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Clean India Mission” or Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA), boxing champion MC Mary Kom along with her family members and boxing academy students will take up the campaign here.

Various government departments, NGOs, political parties, security forces and civil bodies have taken up cleanliness camps in various parts of Manipur since the PM launched the SBA campaign on October 2.

In appreciation of PM’s historic mission Kom who won a gold at the Incheon Asian Games is also supporting this venture by being a part of it, said a statement issued by Jimmy Leivon, private secretary of the five-time world boxing champion and Olympics bronze medalist.

The Prime Minister has set a chain in motion by inviting nine individuals from different walks of life of the country and Kom has been included in the chain to take the movement forward, it said.

“In view of the development, Kom along with her family and the students of her boxing academy will be joining the Clean India mission in the region to connect the chain,” the statement added.

“Kom has invited outstanding personalities of our country — Darshan Kumar, Bollywood actor; Yogeshwar, wrestler; Sushil Kumar, wrestler; Heena Sidhu, shooter; Sunil Chettri, footballer and others to join the mission,” it added.

Kom and six other state athletes who won laurels in the Asian Games were felicitated with cash incentives by the state government in Imphal on Saturday.

Kom will take up the cleanliness campaign within the next few days, Leivon said.

The North East Border Area Development Organization Manipur has organized the Clean India Mission at various villages of Kasom Khullen sub-division in Ukhrul district under the aegis of the district’s public health engineering department.