Every one wants to live in a clean India, and without a doubt Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is an excellent initiative by the government to make India clean.
“A clean India would be the best tribute India could payto Mahatma Gandhi on his 150 birth anniversary in 2019,” said Shri Narendra Modi as he launched the Swachh Bharat Mission at Rajpath in New Delhi. On 2nd October 2014, Swachh Bharat Mission was launched throughout length and breadth of the country as a national movement.
The campaign gained momentum with many celebrities, politicians and academic institutions organising cleanliness drives across the country. The Prime Minister has helped spread the message of Swachh Bharat by urging people through his words & action. He carried out a cleanliness drive in Varanasi as well. He wielded a spade near River Ganga at AssiGhat in Varanasi under the Clean India Mission. He was joined by a large group of local people who cooperated in the SwachhtaAbhiyan. Understanding the significance of sanitation, Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has simultaneously addressed the health problems that Indians families have to deal with due to lack of proper toilets in their homes.
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has become a ‘Jan Andolan’ receiving tremendous support from the people. Citizens too have turned out in large numbers and pledged for a neat and cleaner India. Taking the broom to sweep the streets, cleaning up the garbage, focussing on sanitation and maintaining a hygienic environment have become a practice after the launch of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. People have started to take part and are helping spread the message of ‘Cleanliness is next to Godliness.’
A total of 31.83 lakh toilets were built between April 2014 and January 2015 under this campaign, which is 25.4% of the target for 2014-15. Over the next 5 years, the government plans to invest nearly Rs 2 lakh crore to construct 12 crore toilets across India. India is said to lose 6.4% of its GDP ($53 billion) every year due to lack of toilets and sanitation in schools.
Mission Objectives
The national campaign, which will run till October 2, 2019, aims to :
1. Eliminate open defecation by constructing toilets for households, communities
2. Eradicate manual scavenging
3. Introduce modern and scientific municipal solid waste management practices
4. Enable private sector participation in the sanitation sector
5. Change people’s attitudes to sanitation and create awareness.
Indian Railways proposes to create a new department for keeping stations and trains clean. Integrated cleaning will be taken up as a specialized activity, which will include engaging professional agencies and also training staff in the latest cleaning practices.
Postage Stamp on Swachh Bharat
ONGC has joined four expeditions launched by the Indian Mountaineering Foundation, the apex mountaineering body, to take PM Narendra Modi's 'Swatchh Bharat' campaign to Himalayan heights. The expeditions will bring back mountains of garbage, left behind by scores of climbers and thousands of trekkers, from four regions in the Himalaya that are popular destinations among adventure seekers.
Swachh Bharat cleanliness drives have become a mass movement all across India with huge participation from school children, college students, workers and common people.
Niti Ayog has formed a sub-committee headed by Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu. The sub-committee has recommended imposing Swachh Bharat cess to continue the sanitation drive including construction of toilets and cleanliness.
ONGC has joined four expeditions launched by the Indian Mountaineering Foundation, the apex mountaineering body, to take PM Narendra Modi's 'Swatchh Bharat' campaign to Himalayan heights. The expeditions will bring back mountains of garbage, left behind by scores of climbers and thousands of trekkers, from four regions in the Himalaya that are popular destinations among adventure seekers.
Swachh Bharat cleanliness drives have become a mass movement all across India with huge participation from school children, college students, workers and common people.
Real Stars of India
Niti Ayog has formed a sub-committee headed by Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu. The sub-committee has recommended imposing Swachh Bharat cess to continue the sanitation drive including construction of toilets and cleanliness.
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