Achievements of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
A lot of awareness programs regarding the use of toilets resulted in the awakening of rural people and they started using toilets to a great extent than before. Reports of the year 2019 showed that the number of open defecation by the public has decreased to 100 million as compared to 600 million people in 2014. There was a drastic shift in the numbers. As a result, 5,20,000 villages, 530 Districts and 25 States and Union Territories are open defecations free. Even people believed that their surroundings, streets and roads have become cleaner due to Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Sanitation coverage has also increased considerably from 39% in October 2014 to 98% in just four years of time. Dumped waste which can be seen on the streets prior to 2022 got almost cleared due to the vehicle facility that collects the garbage from houses itself. Earlier, there was no separation of bio-degradable and non-biodegradable waste. But now it reaches their respective treatment plants and no dump can be seen on the roads or in the public places.
Swachh Bharat Mission
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan “Clean India Mission” was launched on 2nd October 2014 by the PM of India, Narendra Modi, keeping in mind the vision of Mahatma Gandhi of a clean country. Modi ji received the award of “Global Goalkeeper” for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan initiative from the Gates Foundation in New York on September 25, 2019. This campaign holds a lot of importance and was very popular in the history of India. The Abhiyan covers all rural and urban areas. The campaigns under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan are Swachhta Pakhwada, Plastic se Raksha, Swachhta hi Seva and Swachhta Shramdaan.