PM launches Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan
It was our social responsibility as citizens of India to help fulfil Gandhiji`s vision of Clean India, by his 150th birth anniversary in 2019.
Clean India Mission is a national campaign by the Government of India, covering 4041 towns, to clean the streets, roads and infrastructure of the country
It is India's biggest ever cleanliness drive and 3 million government employees and school and college students of India participated in this event
The mission was started by Prime Minister Modi, who nominated nine famous personalities for the campaign, and they took up the challenge and nominated nine more people and so on (like the branching of a tree). It has been carried forward since then with people from all walks of life joining it.
This campaign aims to accomplish the vision of a 'Clean India' by 2 October 2019, the 150th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi.
Specific objectives are:
· 100% collection and scientific processing/disposal/reuse/recycling of municipal solid waste
· A behavioural change in people regarding healthy sanitation practices
· Generation of awareness among citizens about sanitation and its linkages with public health
· Supporting urban local bodies in designing, executing and operating waste disposal systems
· Facilitating private-sector participation in capital expenditure and operation and maintenance costs for sanitary facilities