Swachh Bharat: Priyanka Chopra Rocks

[Swachh_Bharat]

 

[my2cents]

If everyone pitches in then we can achieve a clean India. Kudos to Ms.Priyanka Chopra.

 

[Prometheus]

show this video satish upadheyae ......shame less fellow.


priyanka showed everyone that this Swachh bharat is not for photo op ......do ur bit and keep it clean

 

[my2cents]

Lot of superstars are spearheading this campaign. Here is Sania Mirza cleaning up in hyderabad

 

[halupridol]

 

[thesolar65]

Now she deserves a :

 

[Swachh_Bharat]

India can replicate Singapore's sanitation success story: 'Mr Toilet' Jack Sim

Jaipur: India can replicate Singapore's success story with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Clean India Campaign as it will help its people and the country to be more productive, according to noted sanitation activist Jack Sim.

Sim is the founder of the World Toilet Organisation which promotes sanitation, especially setting up of toilet facilities, in developing nations.
"The campaign launched by Prime Minister Modi is similar to a programme launched in Singapore after its independence when we had poor sanitation and other conditions but it made Singapore a productive country and this story can be replicated in India by this campaign," Sim, a Singaporean businessman who is also also called 'Mr Toilet' for taking up the cause, told reporters here.
"Sanitation and good hygiene make people healthy and productive and such programmes instill a sense of responsibility in individuals to keep the nation clean," he said.
Sim, who was in the city to sign an MoU with an organisation for sanitation, said that behavioural change was needed to toilets "a good place or a room that creates happiness".
The World Toilet Organisation, WASTE and FINISH Society signed the MoU to strengthen and promote initiatives for sanitation and waste management in the country.
Vijay Athreye, co-founder, FINISH society, said that the organisation was already working in southern parts of Rajasthan for awareness among people on sanitation and trying to make villages open defecation free.
He claimed that the society has already created 20,000 toilets in districts of Rajasthan like Dungarpur, Banswara and other tribal areas and was also encouraging people to make and use toilets instead of going for open defecation.
Athreye said that the three organisations will work together for sanitation and waste management in the country under the MoU.
According to the UN, economic losses estimated at USD 260 billion annually are suffered by developing countries due to lack of proper sanitation and water availability.
India has the highest number of people practising open defecation in the world at 597 million.
The UN has noted Modi's pledge to have 111 million toilets and achieve an end to open defecation by 2019, saying it is an "ambition" channeling the view of Mahatma Gandhi, who had termed sanitation "more important than independence.
In 1965, less than half of Singapore's population had access to proper sanitation. By 1997, Singapore was fully served by modern sanitation.

 

[TejasMk3]

Awesome!

 

[Swachh_Bharat]

The one question is that ... Is this proliferating like the "ice-bucket challenge" ?

Because the idea was that the chain expands .... so that those nominated contribute and demonstrate the same.

The second question ... after all the publicity and underlining the importance of "Swachh Bharat", are the common people making it a habit:

1. Stop aggravating the dirt. Existing dirt is no reason to increase the pile.
2. Do we try to find a toilet, even at places where everyone seems to pissing is a nearby corner. Yes, as of today that toilet can be a 15 mins walk, or non-existant. But do we try to find it.

 

[SanjeevaniButi]

Modi has managed to awaken the conscience of India. As Modiji said, when 125 crore Indians taken a step forward, the Nation moves forward by 125 crore steps.

Author Manu Sharma donates lifetime savings for Swachh Bharat Mission | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis

Meanwhile in Bengal, the drama continues..

Party upset as Mamata minister ‘joins’ Swachh Bharat mission | The Indian Express

 

[he-man]

I can't convince my parents

 

[Echo_419]

I can't convince my parents

Of what to be exact

 

[he-man]

Of what to be exact

To stop throwing garbage in an empty plot nearby.......they will take some time to change

 

[Echo_419]

To stop throwing garbage in an empty plot nearby.......they will take some time to change

Oh should take a while but they should understand after all it is for a good cause

 

[kbd-raaf]

My father is currently in India and has not been chucking his rubbish out of the car window as per normal. Improvement I guess.