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Prime Minister Modi makes surprise visit to Delhi police station, wields broom

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ANI New Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday wielded the broom during a surprise visit to the Mandir Marg police station here, under the 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'.

As he pointed out the unhygienic conditions and trash out in open, the police officials immediately scrambled to clean it.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Clean India' campaign has been appreciated by actor Aamir Khan along with social activist and former IPS officer Kiran Bedi.

Prime Minister Modi has officially launched the 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' from Rajpath today where he administered Swachh Bharat pledge and flagged-off Swachh Bharat walkathon.

He also visited Valmiki Basti and wielded the broom as a token gesture to mark 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'.

 

Earlier in the morning he visited Rajghat and Vijayghat where he paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri respectively on the occasion of their birth anniversaries.

The 'Swachh Bharat' campaign that has been launched to provide nationwide focus on sanitation, hygiene and waste management.

The launch was preceded by cleanliness campaign week beginning September 25 which saw central government offices being spruced up by discarding or overhauling old furniture and sending old files to record rooms.

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First Published: Oct 02 2014 | 12:21 PM IST

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