Drawbacks of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
More than 50% of the government health centres are without staff toilets in rural areas. These are the glaring figures of 10 States and 3 UTs. The state of Telangana has around 4,744 sub-centres in rural areas out of which none has a staff toilet. Efforts were made to provide portable toilets but it is unclean and stained therefore, people tend to avoid going in it. Most illiterate people still defecate openly and they are still unaware of the benefits of Swachh Bharat. Dustbins are not kept at all the public places and even if they exist, they are not emptied on daily basis. The door-to-door service of the garbage collector is there but it does not stop at every house for garbage collection and asks for money as well on various occasions. Even the supply of water in toilets is not adequate.
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.