Tomar said his ministry was in the process of selecting 100 iconic places for cleaning under the mission and most would be either tourist or religious spots.
“As part of the Swachh Bharat Mission to clean and sanitise the entire country, the Ministry has identified 10 such iconic places to start the cleanliness drive as part of the pilot project under this mission,” the Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister said.
The places that have been selected are Vaishno Devi temple in J&K, Taj Mahal in UP, Tirupati temple in Andhra Pradesh, Golden Temple in Punjab, Ajmer Sharif in Rajasthan, Jagannath temple in Orissa, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Maharashtra, Manikarnika Ghat in UP, Meenakshi Temple in Tamil Nadu and Kamakhya Temple in Assam.