Gearing Up For The 12-Hour Banega Swachh India Cleanathon
Banega Swachh India enters its third year with the objective to bring the entire nation together this October 2 on Rashtriya Swachhta Diwas. This year's 12-hour Cleanathon, in partnership with the Swachh Bharat Mission, brings citizens into the movement to create a Swachh India with clean-up drives at iconic locations across the country. Over 84 Ghats in Varanasi and 70 schools and 47 railway stations across India will be part of numerous clean-up drives dedicated to 'Swachhta'.
Pandit Jasraj will be performing Vaishnava Jana To on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti which is being observed as Rashtriya Swachhta Diwas with over 200 clean-ups across India during the 12-hour NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India.
Agra: Students at St. Clare's School cleaned approximately 1.5 km area from their school grounds to the Grand Hotel as part of NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India campaign.
Bengaluru: The 'Ugly Indians', an anonymous group of volunteers in the city, clean up the Hebbal flyover as part of a three-day clean-up drive that will culminate on Rashtriya Swachha Diwas on October 2.
Dehradun: Around 70 students from the Sai Grace Academy will engage in a clean-up drive on October 2 to clear garbage adjacent to their school grounds.
Odisha: Approximately 30,000 students and 5,000 staff members from the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences and Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology in Bhubaneswar participating in the Banega Swachh India campaign.
Amritsar: The Golden Temple, one of the holiest shrines for the Sikh community, is one of the iconic locations to be cleaned as part of the Banega Swachh India Cleanathon.
Odisha: Students and staff from the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology engage in a cleanliness drive in the city of Bhubaneshwar as part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
