Starting from ward level, the drive involving cleaning and awareness campaign will target railway stations, airports, bus depots, educational and medical institutions, religious places, heritage sites, taxi stands, markets, vegetable mandis roads and underpasses.
The decision for re-energising of Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), a flagship programme of Narendra Modi government, was taken at a high-level meeting of eight Ministers and over a dozen Secretaries of different departments of the Centre that held a brain storming session here today.
After detailed discussions, an intensive campaign to be taken up at different levels from the ward to the state till March next year has been firmed up, said a senior Urban Development Ministry official.
Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu who chaired the meeting stressed on the need to further energise the campaign for visible impact with the participation of all stakeholders focusing on citizen participation.
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He said that the Mission launched in October last year has stirred the imagination of the people across the country and needs to be converted into a 'Jan Andolan' as desired by Prime Minister Modi for desired results.
Ministers and Secretaries gave detailed accounts of actions undertaken so far and proposed to be undertaken for ensuring cleanliness in the establishments under their control.