New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 2.0.
Union Ministers Hardeep Singh Puri, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Pralhad Singh Patel, Kaushal Kishore, Bishweswar Tudu, ministers from states, mayors and chairpersons of urban local bodies and municipal commissioners were present.
While 10 crore toilets have been built under the last mission to make the country open-defecation free, the goal of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 is to make cities completely free of garbage, the Prime Minister said.
Modi also underlined the scope of the country’s target in the next phase of mission AMRUT as “improving sewage and septic management, ensuring that no sewage drains anywhere in rivers”.
The PM said that Sabka Vishwas, Sabka Prayas, along with Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, was critical to the cleanliness campaign.
Modi said the present generation had taken the initiative to strengthen the cleanliness drive.