Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
“A
clean India would be the best tribute India could pay to 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 aims to achieve the vision of a ‘Clean India’ by 2nd
October 2019.
The
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is the most significant cleanliness campaign by the Government
of India. Shri Narendra Modi led a cleanliness pledge at India Gate, which
about thirty lakh government employees across the country joined. He also
flagged off a walkathon at Rajpath and surprised people by joining in not just
for a token few steps, but marching with the participants for a long way.
While leading the mass movement for cleanliness, the Prime Minister
exhorted people to fulfil Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of a clean and hygienic India.
Shri Narendra Modi himself initiated the cleanliness drive at Mandir Marg
Police Station. Picking up the broom to clean the dirt, making Swachh Bharat
Abhiyan a mass movement across the nation, the Prime Minister said people
should neither litter, nor let others litter. He gave the mantra of ‘Na gandagi
karenge, Na karne denge.’ Shri Narendra Modi also invited nine people to join
the cleanliness drive and requested each of them to draw nine more into the
initiative.
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'
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