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In search for his very earning in a filthy tray, poverty poverty po
verty and he is one of it’s pray.
“Every road, path,
office, home, hut,
stream and particle of
air around us can and
must be kept clean”
– President Pranab
Mukherjee
Everyone is aware of sanitation and
consequently its relation to health.
We should therefore take an initiative in this regard. Our PM. Modi
Ji on 2nd October, 2014 gave his
dream idea a push by naming it
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
The initial idea was propagated by
our Father of Nation Gandhi Ji.
Modi actually re-launched Gandhi
Ji’s idea of cleanliness by giving it a
different platform.
Ultimately the main aim of the entire concept was to bring India on
the map of International scenario
of neatness which is admired by all.
It also makes citizens productive,
creative thereby providing an asset
to the nation.
Are we really taking this initiative at serious node? Many of us
promised that we will devote our 2
hours of a week towards cleanliness
are we really doing that? One can
easily spot someone throwing chips
wrappers, household waste, spitting
tobacco gutka and paan on the wall
and roads.
1. It’s almost a year and a half
to Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, you
think is ‘Swachh Bharat’ really
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possible?
“I believe everything is possible but
it requires your efforts, time and
hard work. I remember that pledge
not to litter and I also respect that.
I was present there when Narender
Modi and every other person took
that pledge, but now it seems that it
was just task for that day. I see that
Swachh Bharat scheme has been
misunderstood. It is not just one
player game or one man duty. For
making this possible and successful
we all have to work together, we all
need to collaborate and make this
national assignment complete on
time. But government too should
arrange for public bins, should fine
people who litter, who smoke in
public and spit paan.”
2. With litter present everywhere,
waste from garbage overflowing,
defecation in open and there are
many other related things. What
do you except government should
do to deal with all these?
“For making India dirty there is a
big contribution by every other person. When it comes to government
I want them to work on waste management. If there is no proper waste
management and waste disposal
method, where will those sanitation
workers and scavengers keep that
waste either in those houses or they
will keep that somewhere else and
after two three months there will be
a small hill. Secondly for open defecation and peeing in open government should impose fines on them
and the main thing is they should
start building toilets. Thirdly
payment to those scavengers and
sanitation workers should be on
time. Last month only they all were
on strike because of their unpaid
salaries. They are the key players in
maintaining and keeping an area
clean, so they should be paid on
time. Recall that movement when
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they were not there for
cleaning your streets,
roads, bus stands and then you
could easily see that animals
excreta and chips wrappers,
chewing gums and many other
things.”
3. The day when Swachh
Bharat came into force many
photo ops were done by and
of schools and college students,
government workers, celebrities
and every other person, holding
broom and collecting garbage
and many people said that these
‘symbolic gestures’ cannot make
India clean. How do you see Swachh Bharat as a political drive or
national drive?
“See for a big thing it requires courage, knowledge and many a times it
require money and important thing
is you need mass(people). Same
goes with Swachh Bharat Abhiyan,
it has been launched at national level and many other countries would
be now knowing that Indian people
are also working for making
their country clean. It can be seen
as a biased thing but I personally
see it as a national drive as it was
launchedfor making whole country
clean and sanitized. But at last it
is we people of India who have to
work together to make and keep
this country clean.”
4. Our Prime Minister said that
he wants to make India clean by
150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and wants to give a
present of clean India to Gandhiji.
Will he succeed in making India
clean?
“Well most of the people thinks
that it’s one man work. People
think that he has re-launched this
important assignment so it is his responsibility for making India clean.
People think it is our PM responsibility he will make his workers
clean our streets and though he is
doing this and ultimately what