Swachh Bharat campaign becoming new path to prosperity: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the Swachh Bharat Mission has become the largest and most successful people’s movement in the century with mass participation and public leadership.
Addressing a gathering on completion of 10 years of the Mission here, he said the Swachh Bharat campaign is not just a cleanliness movement but a new path to prosperity.
“You all made the Swachh Bharat Mission a success,” the prime minister said while noting that over 28 crore people took part in more than 27 lakh events organised in just 15 days during the ‘Sewa Pakhwada’.
He said chief ministers, ministers, and other representatives played key roles in this national effort and underlined that “continuous efforts can only lead to a clean India.”
During the event, the prime minister inaugurated projects worth around ₹10,000 crore under the Swachh Bharat and AMRUT 2.0 missions which include water and sewage treatment plants across several states.
“When people talk about 21st-century India even after 1,000 years, they will definitely remember the Swachh Bharat Mission,” Modi said, emphasising the lasting legacy of the cleanliness campaign.
The prime minister also criticised previous governments for neglecting basic sanitation.