Mandi: State youngest sarpanch Jabna Chauhan was honoured by Bollywood celebrity Akshay Kumar for her dedication to implement cleanliness mission and fight against drugs in Tharjoon panchayat of Mandi which gave her recognition on the national stage.

Mandi: State youngest sarpanch Jabna Chauhan was honoured by Bollywood celebrity Akshay Kumar for her dedication to implement cleanliness mission and fight against drugs in Tharjoon panchayat of Mandi which gave her recognition on the national stage.

The actor invited only two sarpanches on the promotion of his film ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’ in Gurugram on August 4 to receive the honour.

Jabna became the youngest sarpanch at 22 who took the initiative of the cleanliness mission in her panchayat and set up dustbins to collect garbage at one place. She held discussions with village people and motivated them to adopt sanitation system and segregate liquid and solid waste at home which will help the authorities to dispose of biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste in a proper manner.

She had won the district-level award for best pradhan and her panchayat was adjudged the best in the district in terms of cleanliness. Her efforts were recognized by the state government and she was felicitated by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and Governor Acharya Devvrat.

She was also a member of a delegation at the national-level function of women panchayat representatives at Gandhinagar in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi had participated. She was conferred the Citation Letter for her outstanding efforts during the event held on International Women’s Day.