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A New Era of Behavioural Change and
Responsibility for Public Sanitation
The school children, especially
those in primary school, are the
soldiers of this Swachh Bharat
Abhiyaan. If their parents or
elders at home litter outside their
houses, they are the ones who
immediately point out that this is
wrong. So this cultural change, this
behavioural change is something
that we are witnessing for the
first time. When we visit other
Tejasvi Surya countries, we are in awe of the
cleanliness around us. But when
Member of Parliment, &
we come back, our behaviour
BJP Yuva Morcha President changes completely and we start
littering again. Swachh Bharat
Abhiyaan has truly transformed
this, there is a behavioural change
Our Doordarshan team talked
with Shri Tejasvi Surya about the and people today are realising
that if our streets have to be clean,
success of the Swachh Bharat
we must not litter. If our public
Abhiyaan.
toilets must be clean, we must
Ever since Prime Minister
maintain them well. If our railway
Narendra Modi initiated the
platforms are to be clean, we
Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan,
must not spit there. Cleanliness of
there has been a renewed
public places in India is no more
sense of public cleanliness and
a Government-only duty, it is a
responsibility towards maintaining
collective responsibility of a billion
the hygiene and sanitation of our
public spaces. One of the biggest Indians. This is what the Prime
Minister has achieved.
things about Prime Minister Modi
Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan
is that any issue or scheme that
has been a unifying campaign
he takes up he ensures the spirit
since it has had a great impact
of Jan Bhagidari. So perhaps,
both in urban and rural areas.
in Independent India’s history,
But in rural areas, there is a great
he is the only Prime Minister
social impact of the campaign
who has made development
because the few crore toilets
a mass movement. Therefore,
that have been constructed
today we witness the Swachh
Bharat Abhiyaan not just as a under this scheme have, in true
sense, empowered the women
Government initiative, but as a
st
of the villages. In 21 -century
people’s movement.
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