Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

The father of our nation, Mahatma Gandhi, once declared that cleanliness is even more important than independence. Keeping that in mind Shri Narendra Modi launched the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in 2014. The purpose behind this mission was not of a political but rather a patriotic nature.
This mission has two components. At one level, it is aimed at cleaning 4041 cities and towns all over India. The focus is on cleaning the roads and streets and on efficient disposing of the municipal wastes. And on a rural scale, the mission is focused on the prominent issue of open defecation in rural areas. The government is making efforts on constructing both personal toilets and toilets for public use.
In programs at such a large scale, it is even more important that each individual takes the success of the mission as his prerogative. We must stop littering the streets, making sure our society or community disposes the garbage properly and similar measures.
The government has allocated a portion of the mission budget towards the spreading of proper awareness of the necessity of sanitation and better hygienic conditions. For this reason, even prominent public figures have been involved to appeal to the common man.
Quite recently a movie ‘Toilet’ was released with Akshay Kumar in a leading role to best exemplify the near menace like condition of public defecation. Plus we have numerous advertisements talking about the same cause.
We must remember that India is our own Country and its betterment or gradual degradation is in our hands.

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