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Mission Swacch Bharat for a clean India

Updated: Sep 12, 2014 03:40:34pm
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New Delhi, Sept 12 (KNN)  Mission Swacch Bharat which is aimed at realising Gandhi’s dream of a clean India through people’s participation will be launched on October-2.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced this after a meeting with ministers and officials on Mission Swacch Bharat here yesterday.  He has invited ideas from people on the design of the mission to clean the country.

“Mission Swacch Bharat aspires to realise Gandhiji's dream of a Clean India through Jan Bhagidari. Together we can make a big difference," an official release said, quoting the Prime Minister.

A special open forum that has been created on the website: mygov.nic.in inviting suggestions on the mission.  He called for making Swacch Bharat a mass movement, and linking it to economic activity.

"Please share your inputs in making Mission Swacch Bharat a success and laying the foundations of a Clean India on mygov.nic.in/group_info/swachh-bharat-clean-india," the Prime Minister said.

Mission Swacch Bharat will be launched on October 2nd, with Gandhiji as the inspiration, to create a Clean India of Gandhiji’s dreams by the Mahatma’s 150th birth anniversary in 2019.

The Prime Minister said all Government departments will actively participate in this mission. Government offices upto Panchayat level shall be involved in a cleanliness drive that shall be conducted from September 25th, till Diwali.

Also linking cleanliness to tourism and global interest in India, the Prime Minister said world-class levels of hygiene and cleanliness are required in India`s top fifty tourist destinations, to bring about a paradigm shift in India`s global perception.

The Prime Minister reiterated his vision of solid waste management and waste water management through the PPP model in 500 towns and cities across India.  (KNN/ES)

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