PM Modi reviews preparations for launch of Mission Swachh Bharat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that Mission Swachh Bharat should become the agenda of the entire country, in the form of a mass movement to be launched on October 2, with the aim of creating a clean India by 2019.

Prime Minister Modi, who chaired a high-level meeting to review preparations for the launch of Mission Swachh Bharat, said the activities on October 2 should not be limited to the Prime Minister's functions in the national capital.

"Activities related to cleanliness should be undertaken in each and every village across the country," he said, highlighting the need for working together with state governments to make this Mission a success.

"Gandhiji should be our inspiration for Swachh Bharat," he added.

Prime Minister Modi highlighted the need for creating a legal architecture that would institutionalize Mission Swachh Bharat at all levels, up to the village level. He asked the Ministry of Rural Development to explore the possibility of incentivizing best performing villages.

He also called for standards of cleanliness to be established for government offices.

Prime Minister Modi underlined the importance of creating specific roles for various public representatives, including MPs, MLAs, Sarpanches etc.

Various Union Ministries, including the Ministries of Urban Development, Rural Development, Human Resource Development and Information and Broadcasting, presented their concepts on the Mission.

Towns along river bank of the Ganga and its tributaries will be accorded top priority in Mission Swachh Bharat.