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| PM Narendra Modi Launches 'Clean In |
| PM Narendra Modi Launches 'Clean India' Mission
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| INDIA
, 2-October-2014
5:24:29 AM |
| Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the country's biggest ever cleanliness drive today, Mahatma's Gandhi's birth anniversary. The five-year Swachh Bharat Abhiyan or Clean India campaign is expected to cost over Rs. two lakh crore.
1The PM led a cleanliness pledge at India Gate, which 30 lakh government employees across the country joined. He also flagged off a walkathon at Rajpath and surprised people by joining in not just for a token few steps, but marching with the participants till the residence of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, nearly 800 metres away.
2In his address, Mr Modi said the campaign was the best tribute to Mahatma Gandhi who "gave us the message 'Quit India, Clean India'." He rued that Gandhi's dream was still unfulfilled and exhorted the people to clean every corner of the country.
3Mr Modi also invited nine people to join the cleanliness drive and requested each of them to draw nine more into the initiative to take it viral. Among them, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, Congressman Shashi Tharoor and actors Kamal Haasan, Priyanka Chopra and Salman Khan. (Read more...) Actor Aamir Khan was among those who joined the PM for the event.
4He emphasised that the initiative was "beyond politics" and inspired by patriotism. He acknowledged the efforts of previous governments to make India clean and said cleanliness was not the work of a few; all citizens must do their bit to make it a success. "This is not about Modi... Modi is only one of its 1.2 billion people... This is a people's task," he said. (Highlights of PM Modi's speech)
5Early this morning he visited Rajghat, the memorial to Mahatma Gandhi and then headed to Valmiki Basti, a housing colony in the capital where sanitation workers live. There, Mr Modi swept the streets in a symbolic start to the cleanliness drive.
6He also made a surprise stop and inspection at the Mandir Marg Police station close by.
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