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.

Pandit Jasraj rehearses in Mumbai for the opening performance of the 12-hour Cleanathon.
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.

Varanasi: During the 12-hour Cleanathon clean-up drives will be undertaken in all 84 ghats.
The crew at Varanasi gears up for clean-up drives to be held on October 2 during the Cleanathon to mark Rashtriya Swachhta Diwas.
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.
Nainital: Students from city-based schools participate in the cleanliness drive at Naini lake.
Nainital: Students from city-based schools participate in the cleanliness drive at Naini lake.

Amritsar: The crew gears up for the Cleanathon at the Sri Harmandir Sahib on Rashtriya Swachhta Diwas.
Odisha: Students from the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences participate in a cleanliness drive in Bhubaneshwar.
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.
New Delhi: The Jama Masjid, located in heart of Old Delhi, is one of the locations for the 12-hour 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.