Union jal shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat highlighted the importance of women and children as a driving force to mobilise India for better sanitation and said his “mission and ministry" were empowered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision and people’s participation.
“Real strength for this campaign comes from the PM (Narendra Modi), and then from the people who joined the Swachh Bharat Mission. People’s participation was most important for us and India owes its success to the people who adopted this campaign relentlessly. It was the women and children of the country, especially from small towns and villages, who became the real change makers. They worked to disband age-old taboos around open defecation, worked like whistleblowers. They are the real trailblazers," Shekhawat said.
“People’s participation was the most important aspect; this success is because of those people who contributed to Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan,” says Union Minister @gssjodhpur@akshaykumar tells him about the “5-point mandate”@KishoreAjwani @AnchorAnandN | #MissionSwachhtaAurPaani pic.twitter.com/ELUOuaRh2f— News18 (@CNNnews18) November 19, 2022
The minister addressed the closing and final segment of the Network18 and Harpic Mission Swachhta Aur Paani telethon, where he joined campaign ambassador Akshay Kumar in establishing a “five-point mandate" to drive the flagship initiative aimed at a behavioural change in India for better sanitation.
Kumar summarised the eight-hour telethon into five...
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