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Social Concern
Swachh Bharat Mission

SWACHH SURVEKSHAN

A PROMISE OF ‘CLEAN INDIA’

Mahatma Gandhi said that cleanliness should become a habit for every individual.
So, adopting the motto of the Father of the Nation, every city of the country
is vying to get a respectable position in the Swachh Survekshan (Cleanliness
Survey) to realize the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s clean India

hen Prime Minister Narendra Modi progress of Swachh Bharat Mission. Indore has
launched Swachh Bharat Mission five won the coveted title of being the cleanest city
W years ago, he exhorted people of the of India, Surat and Navi Mumbai have won the
country to come together to realize the goal of second and third position, respectively (in more
this campaign. Needless to say that Swachh than 1 lakh population category). Chhattisgarh
Survekshan has created a positive impact on has won the prestigious title of the cleanest state
people’s health, livelihood, quality of life and in the Urban Local Bodies (ULB) category while
has most importantly brought change in their Jharkhand has been adjudged as the cleanest
thoughts and behaviour. state of India (in the <100 ULB category). An
The 5th edition of Swachh Survekshan under additional 117 awards have also been handed
the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs over by the Minister of State for Housing and
(MoHUA) has been conducted to assess the Urban Affairs Hardeep S Puri on August 20, 2020.

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