The President Shri Ram Nath Kovind had launched the nationwide campaignSwachhta Hi Seva, from Iswarigunj, a village in Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh.
What is Swachhata Hi Sewa Campaign?
- With this, the whole country will indulge into mass Shramdaan for toilet making and cleaning of public places for next two weeks.
- “Swachhta Hi Seva” Campaign is an unprecedented campaign to highlight Swachh Bharat Mission.
- The objective of the campaign is to mobilise people between 15th September and 2nd October, reigniting the “jan aandolan” for sanitation.
- The President administered the nation-wide “Swachhta Hi Seva” pledge in Kanpur, which simultaneously initiated parallel action in all Gram Panchayats and cities of the country. H
- He also launched the Solid and Liquid Waste Management activities in the village which is the next major step in Swachhta after getting the villages Open Defecation Free.
- This launch kicked off the nationwide campaign to mobilise people to do large scale shramdaan.
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