‘We could not be part of India’s freedom struggle but we can definitely be part of the campaign to free the country freedom from plastic garbage’, echoed the Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Youth Affairs and Sports, Anurag Thakur while addressing the culmination of one month long Swachch Bharat Abhiyaan under AzadiKaAmritMahotsav at Avadh University, Ayodhya on Saturday.

Thakur called upon the youth of the country to become a part of the Cleanliness Campaign and become instrumental in taking it forward. He informed that in this one-month campaign, a target was set to collect 75 lakh kg of plastic waste from different places in the country, but the goal was achieved much ahead of the target date. So far 108 lakh kg of plastic waste has been collected from three lakh 41 thousand villages across regions. Nearly 6 lakh cleanliness programs were organised under this campaign throughout janbhagidari.

Thakur informed that more than 11 crore toilets have been constructed in the country in two years. Anurag Thakur added that this cleanliness campaign is for one month but people will have to be continuously made aware of the benefits of cleanliness as well as motivated to take the swachchtaabhiyaan forward throughout the country.

The Minister appreciated the role played by the youth volunteers during the one month long nationwide cleanliness campaign. He said that the youth have the power to change the face of the country and exhorted them to give a new direction to the nation. He said that the youth of the country can make a big contribution towards nation building and making the country clean and respectable.

The Minister informed that the Central Government is working towards providing clean drinking water to all through Ha GharNal and HarGhar Jal campaign He enumerated that work of providing clean water to one crore households has been completed in the last four years.

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