Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Movement)
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Movement) is a campaign launched by Indian government to clean the streets, roads and infrastructure of cities and towns.
This was launched on 2nd of October in 2014 at Rajghat, New Delhi with the slogan, “Ek Kadam Swachhta ki or (One Step Towards Cleanliness)".
Its objective is to reduce or eliminate open defecation by constructing millions of toilets. It is aimed to achieve open defecation free (ODF) India by 2 October, 2019, on the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. This national campaign covers 4041 statury cities and towns of India.
Ambassadors
Some of the ambassadors selected by PM Modi are-
•Sachin Tendulkar,
•Priyanka ,
•Anil Ambani,
•Baba Ramdev,
•Salman Khan,
•Shashi Tharoor,
•The whole team of Taarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chasmah,
•Virat Kohli,
•Mridula Sinha,
•Kamal Hasan and
•MS Dhoni.
Some of the ambassadors selected by PM Modi are-
•Sachin Tendulkar,
•Priyanka ,
•Anil Ambani,
•Baba Ramdev,
•Salman Khan,
•Shashi Tharoor,
•The whole team of Taarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chasmah,
•Virat Kohli,
•Mridula Sinha,
•Kamal Hasan and
•MS Dhoni.
Brand Ambassadors
Venkaiah Naidu, minister of urban development of India, listed some brand ambassadors for Clean India Movement from various fields. Some of them are-
•Rajyogini Brahmakumari Dadi Jankiji,
•Pawan Kalyan,
•SP Balasubramanyam,
•Amala (actress),
•K. Kavitha,
•Gunupati Venkata Krishna Reddy,
•Suddhala Ashok Teja,
•Pullele Gopi Chand,
•Humpy Koneru,
•Galla Jayadev,
•Nithin,
•VVS Laxman,
•J Rameshwar Rao,
•Shivlal Yadav,
•BVR Mohan Reddy
•Lakshmi Manchu
On 2 October, 2014, Modi nominated nine more people, including-
•Kapil Sharma (comedian),
•Sourav Ganguly (former Indian cricket captain),
•Kiran Bedi (former IPS officer),
•Padmanabha Acharya,
•Sonal Mansingh (classical dancer),
•Ramoji Rao from Eenadu group,
•Aroon Purie from India Today group.
On 8 November, 2014, Modi nominated nine more names in Uttar Pradesh-
•Akhilesh Yadav,
•Swami Rambhadracharya,
•Manoj Tewari,
•Mohammad Kaif,
•Deviprashad Dwivedi,
•Raju Shrivastava,
•Suresh Raina,
•Kailash kher.
Shilpa Shetty joined in February 2017.
Venkaiah Naidu, minister of urban development of India, listed some brand ambassadors for Clean India Movement from various fields. Some of them are-
•Rajyogini Brahmakumari Dadi Jankiji,
•Pawan Kalyan,
•SP Balasubramanyam,
•Amala (actress),
•K. Kavitha,
•Gunupati Venkata Krishna Reddy,
•Suddhala Ashok Teja,
•Pullele Gopi Chand,
•Humpy Koneru,
•Galla Jayadev,
•Nithin,
•VVS Laxman,
•J Rameshwar Rao,
•Shivlal Yadav,
•BVR Mohan Reddy
•Lakshmi Manchu
On 2 October, 2014, Modi nominated nine more people, including-
•Kapil Sharma (comedian),
•Sourav Ganguly (former Indian cricket captain),
•Kiran Bedi (former IPS officer),
•Padmanabha Acharya,
•Sonal Mansingh (classical dancer),
•Ramoji Rao from Eenadu group,
•Aroon Purie from India Today group.
On 8 November, 2014, Modi nominated nine more names in Uttar Pradesh-
•Akhilesh Yadav,
•Swami Rambhadracharya,
•Manoj Tewari,
•Mohammad Kaif,
•Deviprashad Dwivedi,
•Raju Shrivastava,
•Suresh Raina,
•Kailash kher.
Shilpa Shetty joined in February 2017.
Cleanest Cities Of India
In year 2016, 73 cities were taken under observation and the ranking of them according to their cleanliness was announced on 15 February, 2016.
The rank for top ten cleanest cities is as-
1.Mysore
2.Chandigarh
3.Tiruchirapalli (Tamilnadu)
4.New Delhi
5.Vishakhapattanam (Andhra Pradesh)
6.Surat (Gujrat)
7.Rajkot (Gujrat)
8.Gangtok (Sikkim)
9.Pimpri Chinchwad (Maharashtra)
10.Greater Mumbai (Maharashtra)
And the bottom of this list contains the least clean cities of india. Which are ranked as-
64. Kalyan Dombivilli Maharashtra)
65. Varanasi
66. Jamshedpur (Jharkhand)
67. Ghaziabad
68. Raipur
69. Meerut
70. Patna
71. Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh)
72. Asansol (West Bengal)
73. Dhanbad (Jharkhand)
In year 2016, 73 cities were taken under observation and the ranking of them according to their cleanliness was announced on 15 February, 2016.
The rank for top ten cleanest cities is as-
1.Mysore
2.Chandigarh
3.Tiruchirapalli (Tamilnadu)
4.New Delhi
5.Vishakhapattanam (Andhra Pradesh)
6.Surat (Gujrat)
7.Rajkot (Gujrat)
8.Gangtok (Sikkim)
9.Pimpri Chinchwad (Maharashtra)
10.Greater Mumbai (Maharashtra)
And the bottom of this list contains the least clean cities of india. Which are ranked as-
64. Kalyan Dombivilli Maharashtra)
65. Varanasi
66. Jamshedpur (Jharkhand)
67. Ghaziabad
68. Raipur
69. Meerut
70. Patna
71. Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh)
72. Asansol (West Bengal)
73. Dhanbad (Jharkhand)
The ranks of cleanest cities of India in 2017 are as-
1.Indore (Madhya Pradesh)
2.Bhopal
3.Vishakhapattanam
4.Surat
5.Mysore
6.Tiruchirapalli
7.New Delhi municipal council (New Delhi)
8.Navi Mumbai
9.Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh)
10.Vadodara (Gujrat)
1.Indore (Madhya Pradesh)
2.Bhopal
3.Vishakhapattanam
4.Surat
5.Mysore
6.Tiruchirapalli
7.New Delhi municipal council (New Delhi)
8.Navi Mumbai
9.Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh)
10.Vadodara (Gujrat)
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