Swachh Bharat campaign into second week, Union ministry highlights efforts from first week
The ministry highlighted several efforts in its release.
In Chennai, to keep the city ‘clean and green’, a battery of Judges from the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court joined hands with public, students, officials of the district administration, city corporation, police, Public Works and Income Tax departments in a massive cleaning drive along the Vaigai river.
In Maharashtra 430 gram panchayats have been declared open defecation free and over 58 thousand toilets have been constructed since September 15.
In Odisha, sand artist, Sudarsan Pattnaik used his award money to construct two toilets for fisherman in Puri, Odisha after receiving a personal letter from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to engage with the cause of swachhata, the release said.
The artist tweeted, " Honoured to receive a letter from Hon. PM @narendramodi Ji to join #SwachhBharat campaign through my SandArt & activities #SwachhataHiSeva."
A young girl from Bihar created a song on Swachhata, which is drawing significant attention and accolades.
In Jharkhand swachhata sentiment was spread to educational institutions by appealing to the universities to clean their campuses.
The television channel DD Sahayadri has started a special series on ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’, which will be broadcast everyday till Oct 2, the release said.
Image: Swachh Bharat/Twitter
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