AGARTALA, October 19 (TIWN): Taking forward Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiative to rid the country of litter and rubbish, Bharatiya Janata Party state unit today cleaned the Math Chownuhani area around it to spread the message of 'Swachh Bharat'

Every road, every path, every office, every home, every hut, every stream and every particle in the air around us can and must be kept clean, said General Secretary of BJP state unit Pulak Kumar Debnath.

He also called upon every citizens of the state to do their utmost to make a success of the "Swachh Bharat Abhiyan" (Clean India Project) launched by the Government to ensure hygiene, waste management and sanitation across the country.

Swachh Bharat or Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Campaign Clean India) is a national level campaign by the Government of India covering 4041 statutory towns to clean the streets, roads and infrastructure of the country. This campaign was officially launched on 2 October 2014 at Rajghat, New Delhi, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself wielded broom and cleaned a road.

The launch of the mission comes in the wake of a perception about Indian cities not being very clean. A number of people in rural areas still do not have access to toilets. Some schools in the rural areas also do not have toilets.

According to Census 2011, only 32.70 percent of rural households had access to toilets. According to a UN report released this year, India continues to have the largest number of people in the world defecating in the open.

Kailasahar News Update:

BJP Yuba Morcha organized Swachcha Bharat Abhiyaan and Blood Donation

Hundreds of children and youths under the initiative of BJP Yuba Morcha took part in the Swachcha Bharat Abhiyaan  today morning around 7 am. They cleaned and sweeped Hospital Road, Central Road and Kailasahar market. Later the Yuba Morcha organized a voluntary Blood Donation Camp at ITI campus hall where a total of 25 donated blood including 3 women.