Nationwide Clean-Up Day will take place in Uzbekistan on August 24-25 by a resolution of the government. Its this year’s motto is: "A well-maintained mahalla is a well-maintained country," the Association of Mahallas said.

In the spring of 2018, the government adopted a landmark resolution regarding the holding of clean-ups. It was issued after the death of teacher Diana Yenikeeva after she was hit by a truck during cleaning work on the highway in the Kattakurgan district of Samarkand province.

The Cabinet of Ministers' resolution established that clean-ups can be held only if there is a germane decre of the president or a government decision to hold a nationwide clean-up.

Also, clean-ups by government bodies and other organizations may be organized and held only on a voluntary basis.

Clean-ups are held solely on the territory of the organization in which the clean-up participants work, in compliance with labor protection and safety standards.

Clean-ups usually include improvement, landscaping works, putting workplaces in order, with the "forced labour absolutely ruled out in all other types of public works, including construction, repair and agricultural work."

It is prohibited to hold clean-ups and other work on a voluntary basis along highways, on streets with heavy traffic, on water bodies, coastal strips and zones, construction sites, on the roofs of buildings and structures, at hazardous production facilities and in other places where there is a risk of harm to human life and health.

The resolution also contains instructions to government agencies to prevent and completely eradicate forced labor in all trades.

Despite authoritites suggesting this clean-up being voluntary, workers of budget-financed organizations are left under coercition to attend the clean-up, with measures could be taken if they refuse to comply. These days are also designated to compensate shortage of manpower in communal city cleaning services across Uzbek cities, which are under-staffed to save funds.

Clean-ups, or Subbotniks (from the word "subbota" (Saturday)) are organized public event dedicated to free, voluntary-forced labor during non-working days, most often on weekends (from which the name comes). The first clean-up day was initiated by Vladimir Lenin in 1919.