Gandhiji accorded highest priority to sanitation and cleanliness and had famously said, “Sanitation is more important than political freedom”. He was also dismayed at the ‘defilement’ of the holy Ganges in the name of religion during Kumbh Mela. Over 1,00,000 children die every year in India due to diarrhoea. While Union Ministers, Chief Ministers, MPs, MLAs, and other dignitaries are playing a leading role in ‘Swachhta Hi Seva’ campaign, the cleanliness drive is bound to pick up in the days and months ahead with the participation of all sections of people as we march towards realising a totally transformed and Clean India by October 2, 2019. M Venkaiah Naidu, Hon’ble Vice-President of India

Source: dna September 15, 2017 02:26 UTC