Chairing a high-level meeting for reviewing preparations for the launch of the mission Modi said "the mission should become the agenda of the entire country in the form of a mass movement to be launched on October 2, with the aim of creating a clean India by 2019."
The activities on October 2 should not be limited to the Prime Minister's functions in the national capital, he said.
"Gandhiji should be our inspiration for Swachh Bharat", he added.
Modi also highlighted the need for creating a legal architecture that would institutionalize the mission at all levels upto the village.
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He asked the Ministry of Rural Development to explore the possibility of incentivizing best-performing villages and called for standards of cleanliness to be established for government offices.
The Prime Minister underlined the importance of creating specific roles for various public representatives, including MPs, MLAs, Sarpanches etc.
Towns along the bank of Ganga and its tributaries will be accorded top priority in mission Swachh Bharat, a release added.