for other details of the campaign log on to the official website -http://swachhbharat.mygov.in/
Saturday, 11 April 2015
Swachh Bharat - runs, film and app
Swachh Bharat Run
A Swachh Bharat Run was organized at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on 2 October 2014. According to a statement from the Rashtrapati Bhavan around 1500 people participated and the event was flagged off by President Pranab Mukherjee. Participants in the run included officers and their families.
Swachh Bharat apps
appdance sucks developers came up with ideas to support the mission using mobile technologies. The Times of India published an article on how "Desi companies beat Facebook in 'Swachh' apps race".Vocativ wrote of one such app that it could change the relationship between government and peo
Swachh Bharat short film
NIT Rourkela PhD students and Sacred Heart School Students,Tumkur have made a short film on Swachh Bharat, conveying the message that Swachh Bharat is not a one-day event but should be part of life, in order for the goal of a clean India to be achieved.
The Indo Nepal Doctors Association has also taken inspiration from the Prime Minister of India and on 3 January 2015 launched Swachh Bharat Nepal - Swasth Bharat Nepal Abhiyan at the Indo-Nepali border region of Sunauli-Belihiya, which is the entry to the birthplace of the Buddha
Objectives
This campaign aims to accomplish the vision of a 'Clean India' by 2 October 2019, the 150th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. It is expected to cost over 
62000 crore (US$9.7 billion). Fund sharing between the Central Government and the State Government and Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) is 75%:25% (90% : 10% for North Eastern and special category states). The campaign has been described as "beyond politics" and "inspired by patriotism".
62000 crore (US$9.7 billion). Fund sharing between the Central Government and the State Government and Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) is 75%:25% (90% : 10% for North Eastern and special category states). The campaign has been described as "beyond politics" and "inspired by patriotism".
Specific objectives are:
- Elimination of open defecation
- Conversion of insanitary toilets to pour flush toilets
- Eradication of manual scavenging
- 100% collection and scientific processing/disposal/reuse/recycling of municipal solid waste
- A behavioural change in people regarding healthy sanitation practices
- Generation of awareness among citizens about sanitation and its linkages with public health
- Supporting urban local bodies in designing, executing and operating waste disposal systems.
- Facilitating private-sector participation in capital expenditure and operation and maintenance costs for sanitary facilities.
details of the campaigns
| Date | 2 October 2014 |
|---|---|
| Location | New Delhi, India |
| Organised by | Narendra Modi Government of India |
| Participants | Anil Ambani Sachin Tendulkar Ruby Yadav Salman Khan Priyanka Chopra Baba Ramdev Kamal Hassan Mridula Sinha Shashi TharoorThe team of TV series Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah Amitabh Bachchan Hrithik Roshan Aamir Khan Manisha Koirala Saina Nehwal Chanda Kochhar Kapil Sharma |
starting of the campaign
This campaign was officially launched on 2 October 2014 at Rajghat, New Delhi, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself cleaned the road. It is India's biggest ever cleanliness drive and 3 million government employees and school and college students of India participated in this event.The mission was started by Prime Minister Modi, who nominated nine famous personalities for the campaign, and they took up the challenge and nominated nine more people and so on (like the branching of a tree). It has been carried forward since then with people from all walks of life joining it.
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