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Swachh Bharat Mission has
integrated 6.36 lakh community
and public toilets across
DID YOU KNOW?
cities, enhancing the country's
sanitation infrastructure. The
A recent study published in
construction of toilets and
Nature, the world’s leading
sanitation infrastructure not
multi-disciplinary science
only improved hygiene but also
journal, by leading experts
significantly impacted health,
reveals that the Swachh Bharat
especially in rural areas.
Mission (SBM), India’s ambitious
The story of Swachh Bharat
national sanitation program,
is a powerful testament to the
has contributed significantly to
unyielding spirit of duty and
reducing infant and under-
passion that resides in the
five mortality rates across the
hearts of every citizen. From the
country – averting 60,000 –
sacred banks of the Ganges to
70,000 infant lives annually
the expansive Bay of Bengal,
from the heartlands of Bihar and
Launched in 2014, SBM is one of
Jharkhand to the serene Western
Ghats, the vision of Swachh the largest national behavioural
change sanitation programs in
Bharat has been embraced by
citizens living across every corner the world, aimed at eliminating
of India. open defecation by providing
Swachh Bharat is the prime household toilets across the
example of a mission driven by country.
the people, for the
people, and with the
people.

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