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Clean India Mission beyond politics: PM
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 Updated on : 02-10-2014 05:40 PM
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Wielding
the broom, PM Narendra Modi on Thursday launched the country's
biggest-ever cleanliness drive that is expected to cost nearly Rs 2 lakh
crore, asserting that the "Swachh Bharat" mission is beyond politics
and inspired by patriotism.
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Debunking criticism that his government has been taking credit for every
achievement, the Prime Minister acknowledged the efforts of all
previous governments to make India clean.
"I am not talking politics...this is beyond politics. This is inspired
my patriotism not politics. We do not have to do with an eye on
politics...I say that with a clean heart... If we paint this again with a
brush of politics, we will again do a disservice to mother India.
"All the governments in this country have made one or the other effort
to do this work. Several political, social and cultural organizations
have made efforts in this direction. I greet all those, who have
worked," Modi said in his 25-minute address at Rajpath on Thursday,
where he formally kicked off the five-year-long campaign that will cover
4,041 statutory towns.
Administering a pledge to people to make India clean, he said that this
task is not the responsibility only of safai karamcharis or the
government but of all the 125 crore Indians.
He said that today's campaign should not be seen as a mere photo opportunity.
In an event marked by fervour and symbolism, the Prime Minister earlier
wielded a broom and swept pavement in Valmiki Basti, a colony of
sanitation workers in New Delhi.
The Prime Minister said that he is aware that the criticism of this
programme will begin in just a few days but said he is prepared for this
exuding confidence that the countrymen will not let him down.
The urban component of the Mission is proposed to be implemented over 5
years starting from 2nd October 2014 in all 4,041 statutory towns.
While the Urban Development Ministry will allocate Rs 62,000 crore for
cleaning towns across the country, the Ministry of Drinking Water and
Sanitation will spend Rs 1 lakh 34 thousand crores for the programme.
The Cabinet had last month decided to merge the 'Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan',
a campaign for rural sanitation with Swachh Bharat Mission.
The Prime Minister countered Congress criticism that his government
behaves as if everything happened only after he came to power.
"I do not make any claim that the government, which has been elected to power just now, has done everything."
Congress has been attacking Modi accusing him of taking credit of
initiatives undertaken by the UPA regimes and trying to give an
impression that every good work was done only by him.
Recalling that he had congratulated all governments even from the
ramparts of Red Fort, Modi said “Even today from this stage, I greet and
salute all the governments--central, state and municipal, social
organizations which have worked in this direction, whether they are
leaders from Sarvodaya or workers of Seva Dal. I launch this programme
with their blessings."
Maintaining that everybody deserves kudos, the Prime Minister asked not to get into making political barbs on the issue.
"Everybody before us has worked for it. Under Mahatma Gandhi's
leadership, the Congress had led it...Who was successful, who was not.
Let us not get into it who has done it, who has not. We should work
responsibly," he said.
While ruing that 60 percent of populace in rural areas still defecate in
open, the Prime Minister said the stigma of women lacking toilet
facilities has to be removed.
Modi said that he has requested the corporates to evolve plans under
corporate social responsibility to build clean toilets specially for
girl students in schools.
India, he said, should learn from foreign countries, where people are
disciplined and do not litter in public places. He said though it is a
difficult task, it can be achieved and for that people will have to
change their habits.
The Prime Minister said that a campaign has been unleashed on the social
media as well where a separate website for the mission has been
launched and he is tweeting about the drive on his Twitter handle.
Expressing confidence that the nation can achieve the target of becoming
one of cleanest in the world, the Prime Minister dwelt upon the low
cost success of the Mars Orbiter Mission.
"If people of India can reach Mars with minimal expenditure, why can
they not keep their streets and colonies clean," he said asking people
to take up the responsibility to make the mission a success.
He also wondered whether the task can only be left to the government to accomplish.
"If we make it a public movement, we can make our country being counted as one among the cleanest nations," he said.
The Prime Minister, who earlier in the day visited the 'samadhi' of
Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on their
birth anniversary, said while the countrymen launched a movement and
achieved freedom realizing one of the slogans of Father of the nation,
there is now a need to fulfill his other vision of 'clean India'.
He also chose the occasion to compliment two persons Anant from
Maharashtra and Bhagyashree from Gujarat, who designed the logo of the
campaign (Gandhi's spectacles) and the slogan "Ek Kadam Swachhata Ki Or"
respectively.
"I am seeing that Gandhi is looking through these specs that whether we
have made India clean or not, what we have done and what we have not
done," he said.
Quoting a WHO estimate, he said a person in India loses about Rs 6,500
per annum due to illness and poor health as he is unable to perform
day-to-day duties.
He said if the surroundings are kept clean, then people will remain healthy and such losses can be minimised.
In a series of tweets later, Modi said, "My faith is in the people of
India. I am confident we will devote our time & energies and make
this Mission a success...Let us join Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan with a
spirit of patriotism & fulfil Gandhi ji's dream of a Clean India."
He said he did not view the initiative as "shram" (work) but a way to connect to the people of the country.
The task has to be fulfilled not only by the Prime Minister or the government but by all the people of the country, Modi said.
"The responsibility is mine as much as that of others," the Prime Minister said.
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 pranab on clean india
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Govt alone cannot make India clean: President
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 Updated on : 02-10-2014 08:20 PM
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Calling
upon all Indians to get involved in the 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan',
President Pranab Mukherjee has said the government alone cannot do it
without people's involvement.
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Flagging off the mission at Kirnahar in Birbhum district on Thursday,
Mukherjee called upon the people to get themselves involved in the
mission of making India clean saying that it is not possible for the
government alone to accomplish the tasks of eradication of illiteracy,
bringing cleanliness, keeping the environment green and maintaining
ecological and environmental balance.
In order to attain these goals, involvement of the larger and the
responsible sections of the society along with the government is very
much necessary, he said.
Underscoring the importance of cleanliness, Mukherjee referred to a
lesson he learnt when he was a student of Shib Chandra School where it
was taught that in order to make one's own village look like a beautiful
picture again, one has to keep his home and its surroundings clean.
He also cited the instances of Vietnam and Cuba where people's
involvement has greatly contributed to attaining social objectives like
removal of illiteracy and bringing cleanliness.
The President said if the non-governmental efforts are not combined with
the government's endeavour, "we will not be able to make much
progress."
Mukherjee also referred to the UN's Social Summit held at Copenhagen,
the Denmark capital in 1995 where 10 commitments were made.
The third commitment was that every country must make the environment clean, he said.
The President said that government has accorded more priority to
cleanliness and accordingly the program is being launched today in 6
lakh villages and a number of cities in the country.
Enlisting hundred volunteers by each one who has taken 'Swachhta' pledge
on Thursday would go a long way in making the country clean, the
President said.
He said every Indian should devote two hours daily or at least 100 hours annually in cleanliness drive.
The President, who took part in this mission at Kirnahar Shib Chandra
High School from where he finished his school-level education, said it
was from this institute that he first imbibed the importance of
cleanliness.
Messages on cleanliness were written on the walls of the school building
which left an imprint on the minds of the students, he said.
The President came to Kirnahar from Mirati where he is performing puja in his ancestral house.
He is putting up at the house of his elder sister Annapurna Banerjee in Birbhum district.
This is the third Durga puja for Mukherjee after being sworn in as the President of the country.
During the occasion, he also paid floral tributes at the portraits of
Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Sastri on the occasion of their birth anniversaries.
an India campaign: Govt to fund to village panchayats
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 Updated on : 02-10-2014 08:19 PM
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Over
2,47,000 village panchayats in the country will get Rs 20 lakh per
annum for 'Clean India' campaign launched by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Thursday.
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Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Nitin Gadkari made this
announcement after participating in the 'Swachh Bharat' cleanliness
drive initiated by his ministry officials in the premises of Krishi
Bhawan in New Delhi.
"We have decided that we will provide Rs 20 lakh to each village
panchayat and they should make the village clean," Gadkari said.
"We will provide this money yearly and we are going to give money to few villages very soon," the Minister said.
He sought the support of sarpanches, teachers and students in the
country's over 2,47,000 gram panchayats for the successful
implementation of programme that is to be completed on 2nd October 2019,
coinciding with the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
"We will complete this mission of cleanliness by taking support of sarpanchs, teachers and students," he said.
"Each gram panchayat will spend Rs 20 lakh. The money will be in the
discretion of gram panchayats and they will spend it on sanitation,"
Gadkari said.
Officials said the money will be provided from a fund of Rs 1,96,000
crore announced by the government for Clean India Mission over a
five-year period.
While the Urban Development Ministry will allocate Rs 62,000 crore for
cleaning towns across the country, the Ministry of Drinking Water and
Sanitation will spend Rs 1,34,000 crore for the programme.
Wielding the broom, Modi on Thursday launched the country's biggest-ever
cleanliness drive, asserting that the "Swachh Bharat" mission is beyond
politics and inspired by patriotism.
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PM starts his own 'Swachh Bharat' challenge
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 Updated on : 02-10-2014 02:32 PM
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In his bid to make 'Swachh Bharat' a people's movement, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi initiated a chain by inviting nine eminent personalities
including cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor,
industrialist Anil Ambani along with several actors to spread awareness
on cleanliness.
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The Internet-savvy Prime Minister appeared inspired by the ALS Ice
Bucket Challenge, which had gone viral in recent months, as he asked the
celebrities to nominate nine more people to join the campaign and hoped
that the chain would continue.
Among those nominated by the PM are film actors Salman Khan, Priyanka
Chopra and Kamal Hassan, industrialist Anil Ambani, Goa Governor Mridula
Sinha and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, yoga guru Ramdev and the team
of TV serial "Tarak Mehta Ka Ulta Chashma".
PM Modi also administered a pleadge to thousands of people, including
schools children and government employees at Rajpath for remaining
committed to cleanliness to make the country clean. "I will remain
committed towards cleanliness and devote time for this...I will neither
litter nor let others litter," pledged all those present at a function
to mark the launch of "Swachh Bharat" (Clean India) mission at India
Gate by the Prime Minister. Actor Aamir Khan also joined the PM in
taking the pledge along with Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari and Venkaiah
Naidu.
"I have invited nine people and asked them to come to public places and
work towards a Clean India. I ask them to invite nine more people
too...I am sure these nine people will do the work and each will invite
nine more people to form a chain and clean the country," PM Modi said.
The original ice bucket challenge where such a chain was created online
was designed to raise funds for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis also
known as Lou Gehrigs Disease and motor neurone disease, which is a
global viral phenomenon PM Modi also announced starting a campaign on
cleanliness through social media using his website MyGov.in and other
such websites, including a new website dedicated to the clean India
campaign.
The PM later joined the children in the Walkathon after flagging it off
at Rajpath. The Walkathon is part of steps for creating awareness on
cleanliness.
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Clean India Mission beyond politics: PM
Govt alone cannot make India clean: President
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Cities should be cleaned certainly as per Modi , the Ganges also to be cleaned
like that politics also be cleaned : Preetish Nandi, Sr.Journalist.
Really it is the very good movement started by our Prime Minister on 02-10-2014 the day of birth day of our
Rastrapitha Mahatma Gandhi ji. And Govt alone cannot make India clean told by our president
Everybody should participate happily and make it great success.
we are expending rs. 62,000 crore per year in our country for maintenance of clean, but still there is no clean.
every where dirty is accumulated not only in streets but also in offices, schools, hospitals,railway stations,
bus stands,in railway bogies,buses in drainage canals and in our house premises also. Due to this people
subjected to ill health for which annually we are loosing rs.6500 per person for hospitalization.
Regarding the cleanness of country Gandhi ji dreamed about clean India before independence only and he cleaned toilets
himself, told others to follow. After independence of India very few people given importance for cleanness. at that time
in schools and in villages used to perform "Shramadaan" by students and public by cleaning streets and constructing
the roads and other little works for the use of public. Now all forgotten the Shramadaan and to maintain cleanness.
Rajiv Gandhi when he was PM initiated to clean the Ganges but what happened no body knows.
In Andhra Pradesh Chandra babu Naidu then CM introduced "Janma Bhoomi" karyakram on every first saturday of the month,
in which clean program and public grievances were main agenda.
Now most of the people are making environment pollution ,litter and dirty as per their capacity without any fear or
restriction. Hospital wastage,industrial wastage , house hold used wastage, garbage and slaughter wastage is throwing
here and there. Neither Govt. organisations nor public objecting, if any body dares to object to control the pollution, they are
facing threatening from polluters.
Gents are passing urinals where ever they want making litter every where,because it is easy to them and making
a small river to flow on the roads of cities, the public who are passing by also not protesting and not stopping, the local bodies
are neglecting to prevent.
This issue would have been taken earlier Prime Ministers or Presidents of India , then the present situation would not be raised .
And we would have healthy.
Any how now our PM Modiji taken this " Swachh India " - Nirmal Bharat Abhiyaan programme to make India clean.
Congratulations to Prime Minister for taking prestigious and for early decision of swachh bharat. This was the dream of
Gandhiji. Now every body in our country top to bottom, and all organisations of govt, leaders,
officers,employees,students and companies are showing interest and competing to participate in the programme and started
working also because it is introduced by our PM, and he him self participating in this and cleaning streets.
" Yathaa raaja tathaa praja " so the top level rulers should take any initiation of work to develop our country, and they should
stand first, then only public follows.
The good news is that the Govt. decided to sanction 20 lakh of rupees per each grampanchaayat for cleaning of village per year. In five years our country become clean and this may be continued for ever.
The brand ambassador should be a common Indian for any programme because he is a simple man, principled man,he follows rules ,he is hard worker, a real patriot, he works for the nation as well as to his family, always he will be true and correct, he pays all taxes including income-tax in time and correct amount.
So, all Indians are a brand ambassadors for " Clean India " no need to appoint any specialized person.
We should participate with spirit and make India clean by keeping our house surroundings and public places neat and by
growing more trees . Each house owner should grow at least one tree in his premises so as to keep balanced environment.
Pollution Control Boards are acting as spectators , more powers to be given to them. There should be severe punishments to those making litter.
Those who still not taken pledge, now take pledge to keep our country clean and fulfill the dream of Gandhi ji and PM Modiji.
- www.seaflowdiary.blogspot.com
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