Letter to BS: Govt deserves applause for sustaining 'Swachh Bharat'

The slogan for the scheme 'one step towards cleanliness' gives us confidence that the government will now set more measurable targets for other aspects of cleanliness

The points brought out in the editorial “A laudable achievement” (October 3) are relevant and noteworthy for further deliberation and assessment. A look into the implementation of many schemes including Swachh Bharat shows the present government did bring a great deal of visibility to the scheme that finally helped sensitising people about the issue. Considering the Indian scenario, such visibility and sensitisation were the need of the hour to make the scheme work. It has surely done justice to the efforts even if we have to factor in the claim that published statistics might be only partially true.

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