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Clean India campaign launched, Modi says India can do it
IndiaToday.in New Delhi, October 2, 2014 | UPDATED 14:13 IST
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Wielding the broom, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched the country's biggest-ever cleanliness drive that is expected to cost over Rs.62,000 crore, asserting that the "Swachh Bharat" mission is "beyond politics" and inspired by patriotism.

Debunking criticism that his government has been taking credit for every achievement, the Prime Minister acknolwedged the efforts of all previous governments to make India clean

"I am not talking politics...this is beyond politics.

This is inspired my patriotism not politcs. We do not have to do with an eye on politics...I say that with a clean heart...

If we paint this again with a brush of politics, we will again do a disservice to mother India.

"All the governments in this country have made one or the other effort to do this work. Several political, social and cultural organisations have made efforts in this direction. I greet all those, who have worked,"Modi said in his 25-minute address at Rajpath, where he formally kicked off the five-year-long campaign that will cover 4,041 statutory towns.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes part in cleanliness drive that he launched on Thursday. Photo: PIB
Administering a pledge to people to make India clean, he said that this task is not the responsibility only of safai karamcharis or the government but of all the 125 crore Indians.

He said that today's campaign should not be seen as a mere photo opportunity.

In an event marked by fervour and symbolism, the Prime Minister earlier wielded a broom and swept pavement in Valmiki Basti, a colony of sanitation workers here.

The Prime Minister said that he is aware that the criticism of this programme will begin in just a few days but said he is prepared for this exuding confidence that the countrymen will not let him down.

Modi symbolically wielded a broom and reached out to all Indians to make cleanliness a mass movement.
Preparations were being made in government offices and also by the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders in Delhi for large participation in "cleanliness oath".

The launch was preceded by cleanliness campaign week beginning September 25 which saw central government offices being spruced up by discarding or overhauling old furniture and sending old files to record rooms.

The launch of the mission comes in the wake of a perception about Indian cities not being very clean. A number of people in rural areas still do not have access to toilets. Some schools in the rural areas also do not have toilets.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes part in cleanliness drive that he launched on Thursday. Photo: PIB
According to Census 2011, only 32.70 per cent of rural households had access to toilets. According to a UN report released this year, India continues to have the largest number of people in the world defecating in the open.

Modi has been talking of "Clean India" in his major speeches, and most people feel that personal push being given by him to sanitation would have an impact.

Modi has said that a "clean India" will be the best tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary in 2019. The Father of the Nation had a penchant for cleanliness in his personal habits and strongly promoted it in society.

Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Wednesday conducted surprise check in his ministry and expressed unhappiness over cleanliness in some rooms as also loose wires in corridors and upkeep of books in library. Paswan also picked up waste papers.

Home Secretary Anil Goswami also conducted surprise inspections to check cleanliness in home ministry offices and said such inspections will continue in the future.

Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday released a handbook - 'Swachh Bharat Swachh Vidyalaya' to encourage hygiene and cleanliness in schools across the country.

The handbook aims at promoting behavioural change in school children so that they become agents of change in the society.

Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh urged staff of his ministry to devote two hours every week as "shramdan (labour)" to achieve the goal of the mission.

Academic institutions, industry associations and the corporate sector are expected to pitch in enthusiastically in the mission.

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Kejriwal cleans a drain at BR camp in New Delhi on Thursday. Photo: ANI7.49 am: Arvind Kejriwal cleans a drain at BR camp

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7.29 am: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat

7.25 am: Congress President Sonia Gandhi pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat

6.47 am: Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu taking stock of preparations at Rajghat

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Certainly we need to get sensitised every citizen to make every nook n corner clean in this country.... Also I heard AK speaking about plight of our cleaning workers that also be taken care of .....
 
About 31 lakh employees to take cleanliness pledge tomorrow

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NEW DELHI: About 31 lakh central government employees working across the country will take a pledge of cleanliness in various public functions to be organized tomorrow as part of the Narendra Modi administration's 'Clean India' campaign.

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In addition, lakhs of state government employees have been asked to be part of this massive drive which will be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Thursday.

"It has been decided that on October 2, 'Swachhta Shapath' (cleanliness pledge) will be administered to all in government offices and public functions or events and cleanliness drive led by senior officers will be undertaken in all government and public offices," Cabinet secretary Ajit Seth said in a communique to secretaries of all departments.

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There are about 30.98 lakh central government employees in the country. Each central government department has made plans to administered the oath to its employees.

Home secretary Anil Goswami will administered the cleanliness pledge to employees of home ministry and personnel ministry tomorrow in North Block premises.

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Union minister Smriti Irani promoting the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. (PTI photo)

The Prime Minister has given a call for 'Swachh Bharat' (Clean India) as a mass movement to realise Mahatma Gandhi's dream of a clean India by 2019, when the country will celebrate 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation.

"For a campaign of this nature to be successful, there is a need to create massive public awareness and to ensure participation and action for cleaning homes, government offices, schools, hospitals, work places, streets, roads and markets, railway stations and bus terminals, statues, monuments, rivers, lakes,ponds, parks and other public places.

"It is important to involve government and public sector officials at every level, non-government organisations, education and health institutions, rural and urban local bodies, self-help groups, youth organisations, resident and market associations as well as business and industrial chambers and associations in the cleanliness and awareness drives," Seth said in his letter.

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Union minister for mines, steel and labour & employment Narendra Singh Tomar launching the 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' in New Delhi. (PTI photo)

A variety of activities such as pledge-taking marches, marathons, debates, street plays, music and essay competitions, cleaning drives and other community activities may be used to focus public attention on this campaign and on the need for cleanliness, Seth said.

Meanwhile, the departments heads have swung into action and directed concerned officials to clear office premises of clutter, garbage, building materials, unused vehicles and others.

About 31 lakh employees to take cleanliness pledge tomorrow - The Times of India
 
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