GANDAGI MUKT BHARAT

‘Gandagi Mukt Bharat’ campaign was launched by the

centre; Bihar government on Sunday started an awareness
campaign to inform the people of the state on the
importance of cleanliness. Issuing a notification the state
government asked officials to start an awareness campaign
to discourage open defecation and inform the public on the
importance of social distancing, swearing masks among
others.
Cleanliness drives should be organised across the state
on the lines of the centre’s the ‘Gandagi Mukt Bharat’
campaign. People should also be made aware of properly use
of water, keeping two feet distance for social distancing,
among others, “It said.
Asking the authorities to take steps to control the
covid-19 pandemic, it added, “A part from these, proper
sanitization should be done to control COVID-19 case,
bleaching powder should be spread, along with fogging.”
On Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched
‘Gandagi Mukt Bharat’, a week-long campaign for swachhta
(cleanliness) in the run-up to Independence Day.
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Under this initiative, there will be special cleanliness
drives in urban and rural areas of the country, till August 15.
“Imagine what would have happened had pandemic
like corona virus broken out before 2014. Could we have
imposed lockdown when over 60% pollution was forced open
defecation? Swachhagraha has empowered us in the fight
against COVID-19. This is a journey that will continuously go
no. we have to move to ODF+ from ODF now. We have to
devise ways of converting dirt into gold, “the PM had said
during the launch.