Page 11 - NIS English September 1-15
P. 11
On Mission Mode Swachh Bharat
DIRT FREE INDIA PM lauds people for making
Swachhata a Jan Andolan;
inaugurates Rashtriya
Swachhata Kendra at Rajghat
Status of
sanitation
in India
t was a Nation’s moment when Prime Champaran Satyagraha.
Minister gave a clarion call of Gandagi TOUR OF RASHTRIYA SWACHHATA KENDRA
IBharat Chhodo while inaugurating the
Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra (RSK) - an The RSK has a balanced mix of digital
interactive experience centre on the Swachh and outdoor installations tracking India’s
Bharat Mission, at Gandhi Smriti and Darshan transformation from having over 50 crore
Samiti at Rajghat in New Delhi on August 8, people defecating in the open in 2014 to
2020. The occasion became momentous as becoming open defecation free in 2019.
it was on the same day in 1942, Mahatma INTERACTION WITH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Gandhi launched the ‘Quit India’ Movement
against the British Colonial Rule. After taking a tour of the entire RSK, the Prime
Minister briefly visited the RSK souvenir centre.
Poverty - Quit India! He then interacted with 36 school students
Compulsion of open defecation - Quit India! from Delhi, representing all States and Union
Territories of India at the amphitheatre of the
Compulsion to wander for water - Quit India!
RSK, adhering to social distancing protocols.
Single Use Plastic - Quit India
ADDRESS TO THE NATION
Trend of discrimination - Quit India!
Prime Minister reminisced the journey of
Corruption - Quit India! the Swachh Bharat Mission and dedicated
the RSK as a permanent tribute to Mahatma
Terror and Violence - Quit India!
Gandhi. He lauded the people of India for
Now... making swachhata a jan andolan and urged
GANDAGI BHARAT CHHODO them to continue to do so in the future. n
RSK was first announced by the Prime SCAN QR https://www.youtube.
Minister on April 10, 2017, on the occasion CODE FOR com/watch?time_co
ntinue=524&v=a4pr
SWACHH
of the centenary celebrations of Gandhiji's BHARAT Z00teqk&feature=e
MISSION mb_logo
New India Samachar 9
