GAIL (India), the country's premier natural gas company, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) to voluntarily provide civic services such as sweeping, cleaning and upkeep in Bhikaiji Cama Place where the GAIL Corporate Office is located. This MoU was signed to lend support to government's efforts to promote cleanliness through the 'Swachh Bharat AAbhiyaan'.

As per the MoU, GAIL will be responsible for the civic services in about 14,000 sq.m. in Bhikaiji Cama Place in south Delhi, including sweeping, cleaning, upkeep of footpaths, lanes and streets in the area. It would also deploy Safai Karmacharis for sweeping work and place bins for collection and transport of garbage, silt, etc. to nearby designated dhalao by SDMC.

GAIL employees have been regularly participating in cleanliness drives across the country for atleast two hours every week since the commencement of the 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan' last year.

Shares of the company declined Rs 0.9, or 0.22%, to settle at Rs 399.15. The total volume of shares traded was 65,593 at the BSE (Thursday).