13 REAL LIFE PLACES WHERE ‘SWACHH BHARAT MISSION’ HAS MADE A MAJOR IMPACT

In 2014, when Mr. Narendra Modi took oath as India’s Prime Minister, one of his first few initiative was ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’. He appealed to the people of India to keep the country clean and hygienic and the opposition parties laughed it off as a ‘publicly stunt’.

But this didn’t stop PM Modi and he kept urging people in every rallies and public speeches. He promised the women of villages in India that he will built toilets for them and also make more public toilets so that people don’t urinate on the roads, causing more harm to the hygiene and environment.

Since 2014, the Modi government has build more than 4 crore toilets across India and more than 1, 80,000 villages, 130 districts and three states- Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala have been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF).

India’s sanitation coverage has also increased from a meager 38 % in 2012 to 60.53% in 2016. To give you a better insight into the success of Swachh Bharat mission, let us look at some of the notable places which have changed after the launch of Swachh Bharat.

1.Meerut

Congrats to @pahal_meerut Team for mention in #MannKiBaat & making efforts since Jun 2014 https://t.co/GllCocvdj7 pic.twitter.com/GSL89jEv0n

— MyCleanIndia (@ShramdaanBharat) February 8, 2016

2. Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

#Bhopal I Clean team fix (2/2) !

27 Dec 2015https://t.co/XPEHJmMWHU pic.twitter.com/ngMR3S1Fbq

— Swachh Bharat (@SwachhBharatApp) December 30, 2015

3. Khan Market, Delhi

#NewDelhi rising!#MyCleanIndiahttps://t.co/XPEHJmMWHU pic.twitter.com/JVJpYPYBLa

— Swachh Bharat (@SwachhBharatApp) December 25, 2015

4. Jamakhandi Bus Stabd, Karnataka

#MyCleanIndia – #SwachhBharat Recap!https://t.co/XPEHJmMWHU – Follow crowd-sourced updates via App! pic.twitter.com/CrTZh1yZOP

— Swachh Bharat (@SwachhBharatApp) December 5, 2015

5. Bangalore

Dont know bout others but this is what i have witnessed myself @ashwinmahesh #swachhBharatia Working #RahulStumped pic.twitter.com/ojLueNNpfF

— Patriot610 (@arpitpathak) November 25, 2015

6. Bangalore, the front runner of Swachh Bharat Mission

Completing 25th Week Cleaning Drive in Blr @swachhbharatapp@swachbharat @rickykej@PMOIndia @mepratap #SwachhBharat pic.twitter.com/Kw3myLX2ZI

— Gagan Nandi (@GaganNandi) October 11, 2015

7- One more from Bangalore

Thanks to volunteers & Residents @SBasavanagudi Blr #SwachhBharat @rickykej@swachhbharatapp @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/u33LBJydZA

— Gagan Nandi (@GaganNandi) October 4, 2015

8- Versova Beach

9- Jhansi

10- Chandigarh

11- Vayupuri

12- Juhu

13- Bhopal

The battle has just begun and we, as a nation, have to travel a long way to make India a ‘swachh’ country. The government alone can’t do anything, it will always need our support.