Aiming at re-energising the Swachh Bharat Mission, the government will launch an intensive countrywide campaign from September 25, 2015, to March 31 next year, covering almost every part of the nation.
Starting from ward level, the drive involving cleaning and awareness campaign will target railway stations, airports, bus depots, educational and medical institutions, religious places, heritage sites, taxi stands, markets, vegetable mandis roads and underpasses.
The decision for re-energising of Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), a flagship programme of Narendra Modi government, was taken at a high-level meeting of eight Ministers and over a dozen Secretaries of different departments of the Centre that held a brain storming session on Wednesday.
SBM was launched with much fanfare on October 2 last year with many central ministers leading the campaign from the front in their respective areas. After detailed discussions, an intensive campaign to be taken up at different levels from the ward to the state till March next year has been firmed up, said a senior Urban Development Ministry official.
Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu who chaired the meeting stressed <g data-gr-id="26">on </g>the need to further energise the campaign for visible impact with the participation of all stakeholders focusing on citizen participation.
He said that the Mission launched in October last year has stirred the imagination of the people across the country and needs to be converted into a 'Jan Andolan' as desired by Prime Minister Modi for desired results. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Minister of Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapati Raju, Minister of Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda participated in the discussions.
AIPMT aspirant bags Swachh Bharat’s green award
A 16-year-old AIPMT aspirant in the city bagged the 'OLX Ideathon -2015' award, constituted under the Swachh Bharat Mission, for his eco-friendly idea of converting vegetable waste into manure. <g data-gr-id="39">Jeswant</g> Gembali, a native of Jeypore town in Odisha received the award from tennis star Sania Mirza for floating his innovative idea in 'My Country My Idea campaign' contest. "I floated the idea of recycling of vegetable waste into <g data-gr-id="38">eco friendly</g> manure. The idea struck me while I was moving in a vegetable market in Mahaveer <g data-gr-id="41">nagar</g> area in Kota," Gembali said. The youth was awarded a Kindle Tab by Sania Mirza in a function in Gurgaon on September 17.