Forceful efforts needed to make ‘Swachh Bharat’ successful: Kiren Rijiju

Everyone will have to come together and put in forceful efforts to ensure the full success of ‘Swachh’ India mission declared by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister <g data-gr-id="16">Kiren</g> Rijiju on Monday said.

The Minister of State for Home Affairs said despite a national campaign running for last fifteen months, much needs to be done still and the habit of keeping clean our surroundings has to be made a way of life. “Lakhs of toilets have been made under the Swachh Bharat campaign after Prime Minister gave a call and urged countrymen to participate in this mission (on August 15 last year) but in order to ensure full success to this drive all of us will have to undertake more efforts and with a force,” Rijiju said after flagging off a BSF cleanliness expedition to the Himalayas and river Ganga. 

The Minister said even he had to make some hard efforts to ensure neat and tidy corridors at his North block office in the Ministry of Home Affairs. He said keeping in mind the enormity of the issue, the Prime Minister had to announce the ‘Swachh Bharat’ mission from the ramparts of the Red Fort last year and the government is running it in a campaign mode all across the country.

Rijiju said when he asked why the South Block looked “more cleaner” than the North block, he was told footfalls and population <g data-gr-id="11">was</g> the reason.