"A clean India would be the best tribute India could pay to Mahatma Gandhi while celebrating his 150 birth anniversary in 2019," Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said as he launched this mission October 2, 2014.
But has Mr. Modi's mission been accomplished or is there still a long way to go? Here is a look at the Prime Minister's pet mission and The Hindu 's exclusive coverage on the issue.
Swacch Bharat Mission
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>Coimbatore Corporation forms Swachh Bharat task force
The Sanitation Programme Launched With Central And State Government Guidance And Financial Support Will Go On Till 2019-2020.
>Mysuru tops Swachh Bharat rankings, Delhi Cantt. at 15th slot
Bengaluru leads the list of capitals at 7th rank while Patna came at the bottom at 429th.
>Tendulkar lends voice to Swachh Bharat anthem
The anthem song written by lyricist Prasoon Joshi will also feature a video being produced by Mukesh Bhatt.
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>Journalists have turned their pens into brooms: Modi"Media has inspired people to take part in cleanliness exercise." |
Here are some of the pictures tweeted by >@the_hindu 's followers:
>#THCleanIndia>#SwachhBharat>pic.twitter.com/Q90rYDErJY
— Sarayu Natarajan (@iissarayu) >October 2, 2015
>@the_hindu>@PMOIndia>@narendramodi>#backsideally>#indore>#wasteofmoney>#changepeoplementality>#THCleanIndia>pic.twitter.com/mggzkvOhGU
— Sajal Vasal (@SajalVasal) >October 2, 2015
Readers can tweet photos of cleanliness efforts towards Swachh Bharat with >#THCleanIndia .
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