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Swachh Bharat
Every Indian’s Resolve
सत्त्वशुद्धिसौमनस्यैकाग्र्येन्द्रि्ज्ातम
These coastal areas of ours
are facing many environmental दश्शन्ोग्तत्वाद्न च।।
Shauch gives rise to purity
challenges. Climate Change
of mind, contentment, one-
remains a major threat to
pointedness, the conquest of the
Marine Ecosystems. On the
senses and competency to attain
other hand, the litter spread
Atma-Darshana (Self-Realization)
on our beaches is disturbing. It Cleanliness of body, mind
becomes our responsibility to and soul was paramount in Vedic
make serious and continuous times. The sages of yore realized
efforts for these challenges. that without clean surroundings
and healthy bodies, worship and
-Prime Minister Narendra Modi
meditation were extremely difficult.
(in his ‘Mann ki Baat’ address)
Mahatma Gandhi, who was a
proponent of cleanliness, made
cleanliness a mass movement
and associated it with the dream
of Independence. Even today,
with the emergence of New India,
cleanliness is seen to be a crucial
responsibility of transferring these
values through generations.
It has therefore been
peremptory that healthy, sanitary
"Ever since Prime Minister
methods are practiced, to keep
Narendra Modi initiated the
the environment healthy, water
Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan,
clean, and the air fresh, since time
there has been a renewed
immemorial.
sense of public cleanliness
However, as vital as the
and responsibility towards
responsibility for cleanliness is,
maintaining the hygiene and
for the past several decades, the
sanitation of our public spaces.
challenge of waste accumulation
The kind of social impact that
and environmental pollution has
this movement has, it has
become much bigger due to
given dignity to women in rural
the neglect by human beings.
areas and it is something that
Consequently, its detrimental
is unprecedented."
impact continues to affect the
-Tejasvi Surya
global ecosystem be it land, water
MP, BJP Yuva Morcha President
or air. Microplastics for instance
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