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Swachh Bharat On 2nd October, the 'Swachh

Mission Bharat Mission' will complete
its 10 years. This is an occasion
to congratulate those people
who made it such a big mass
movement in Indian history.
This is also a true tribute
Global Leaders to Mahatma Gandhi, who
remained dedicated to this
Praise PM Modi’s cause throughout his life.
Vision
PM Modi in his 114th
'Mann ki Baat' address
The Swachh Bharat Mission marked
a transformative journey towards
The Swachh Bharat Mission has
a cleaner and healthier India. With
become a pioneering initiative,
the ambitious goal of eradicating
capturing global attention for its
open defecation, improving
scale, impact, and vision. As the
sanitation infrastructure, and mission transformed sanitation and
promoting hygiene awareness, the hygiene across India, influential
mission has become one of the global leaders have acknowledged
largest cleanliness drives in the its success in improving public
health and living standards. The
world. Over the past decade, it has
initiative’s reach, which led to the
significantly improved sanitation in
construction of over 110 million
rural and urban areas, empowered
toilets and 6 lakh open defecation-
communities through behavioural free declared villages, has set
change, and enhanced public a benchmark for other nations.
health outcomes, making Recognising its transformative
cleanliness a national priority. As power, global figures have praised
PM Modi's leadership, viewing
the mission completes 10 years in
Swachh Bharat as a model for
2024, its impact is visible not only
addressing sanitation challenges
in cleaner streets and better health worldwide. The mission’s success
but also in the shift towards a has sparked international
cleanliness-conscious society. conversations about replicating
similar large-scale cleanliness
drives in other developing regions.

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