Swachh Bharat Abhiyan:
Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi launched the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan India Mission on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2, 2014 at Rajghat in New Delhi.A clean India would be the best tribute India could pay to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150 birth anniversary in 2019. The campaign aims to achieve the vision of a ‘Clean India’ by 2nd October 2019.
The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is the most significant cleanliness campaign by the Government of India. Shri Narendra Modi led a cleanliness pledge at India Gate, which about thirty lakh government employees across the country joined.
While leading the mass movement for cleanliness, the Prime Minister exhorted people to fulfil Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of a clean and hygienic India. Shri Narendra Modi himself initiated the cleanliness drive at Mandir Marg Police Station. He gave the mantra of ‘Na gandagi karenge, Na karne denge.’ Shri Narendra Modi also invited nine people to join the cleanliness drive and requested each of them to draw nine more into the initiative.
OBJECTIVES OF SWACHH BHARAT
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The campaign of Swachh Bharat launched by the government of India is aimed to accomplish various goals and fulfill the vision and mission of “Clean India” by 2nd of October 2019 which is 150th birth anniversary of great Mahatma Gandhi. Following are the some important objectives of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan:
- The national campaign led by the Government of India is covering 4041 statutory towns across India and aims to make the streets, roads and infrastructure clean .
- To eradicate the system of open defecation in India.
- To convert the insanitary toilets into pour flush toilets.
- To remove the system of manual scavenging.
- To make people aware of healthy sanitation practices by bringing behavioral changes in people.
- To link people with the programmes of sanitation and public health in order to generate public awareness.
- To build up the urban local bodies strong in order to design, execute and operate all systems related to cleanliness.
- To completely start the scientific processing, disposals reuse and recycling the Municipal Solid Waste.
- To provide required environment for the private sectors to get participated in the Capital Expenditure for all the operations and maintenance costs related to the clean campaign.
- The mission is estimated to cost around 62,009 crore rupees, of which 14,623 crore rupees will be borne by the Union Government.
- The urban component of the mission is being implemented by the Union Ministry of Urban Development and is India's biggest ever cleanliness drive.
- The mission was started by Prime Minister Modi, who, on December 25, 2014, nominated nine famous personalities for the campaign. They took up the challenge and nominated nine more people.
- Construction of individual sanitary latrines for households below the poverty line with subsidy (80 percent) where demand exists.
- Conversion of dry latrines into low-cost sanitary latrines.
- Construction of exclusive village sanitary complexes for women providing facilities for hand pumping, bathing, sanitation and washing on a selective basis where there is not adequate land or space within houses and where village panchayats are willing to maintain the facilities.
- Total sanitation of villages through the construction of drains, soakage pits, solid and liquid waste disposal.
- Pursuit of Swachh Bharat also requires strengthening public health services. Services such as good drainage systems, absence of swamps and ponds that are home to stagnant water, and the supply of safe drinking water – all of which reduce exposure to and spread of diseases – are classic examples of public goods and require effective government intervention.
- The campaign faces formidable financial and implementation challenges. Financially, the government will easily need 2-3% of GDP annually till the target date.
- There is need for loo per cent solid waste management, both in urban and rural areas and recycling of the final waste product.
- To assess the perception and practices related to cleanliness, sanitation, health and hygiene.
- To assess the effectiveness of the project in terms of changed practices and regression in diseases.
