SABROOM, March 11 (TIWN) : Dhamma Dipa School students organized a Swatch Bharat Abhiyan in their school, which is a nationwide cleanliness campaign run by the government of India and initiated by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on 2nd of October in 2014 on 145th birthday anniversary of the Mahatma Gandhi.

This campaign has been launched to fulfill the aim of cleanliness all over the India. Dhamma Dipa School students organized a Swatch Bharat Abhiyan in their school and also would take up various activities under the cleanliness drive in schools. Students of all classes and section were participated with great enthusiasm. 

• Cleaning of toilets and drinking water areas. 

• Cleaning of kitchen sheds stores etc. 

• Cleaning of playgrounds. 

• Cleaning and maintenance of school gardens. 

Earlier many awareness programmes (such as Total Sanitation Campaign, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan, etc) about the environmental sanitation and personal cleanliness were launched by the Indian government however could not be so effective to make India a clean India.

The main objectives of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan are removing the trend of open defecation, changing insanitary toilets into pour flush toilets, removal of manual scavenging, proper disposal of solid and liquid wastes, bring behavioral changes among student, enhance awareness about Swacchata in school.

According to School Head Master “We can say swachh bharat abhiyan, a nice welcome step to the clean and green India till 2019. As we all heard about the most famous proverb that “Cleanliness is Next to Godliness”, we can say surely that clean India campaign (swachh bharat abhiyan) will really bring if it is followed by all walks of people in effective manner.

So, the cleanliness activities to warm welcome the godliness have been started but do not need to be ended if we really want godliness in our lives forever. A healthy country and a healthy society need its citizens to be healthy and clean in every walk of life.”