Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan

West Bengal's 'Nirmal Bangla Project' is all set to become one of the models for the Center's Swach Bharat Abhiyan, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said.

In the words of an expert, Prof. Dean Spears, "Modi's Swachch Bharat Abhiyan is essentially the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan of the previous government and the Total Sanitation Programme with a new name".

Swachh Bharat should not be reduced to one more Modi public-relations gimmick, more visible in the headlines than in the streets.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship programme "Swachh Bharat Abhiyan" is not new and it has been going on in West Bengal for the last 2-3 years in another name "Nirmal Bangla", said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

As she left for Delhi where she is expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said it was her state that first launched a cleanliness campaign and much before the PM's Swachch Bharat mission.

A village in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district is claimed to have become free of open defecation due to efforts made by the locals in collaboration with authorities under the 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'.

The Swachh Bharat mission's claims of constructing one crore toilets in one year suggest that like the UPA, the NDA government is focused almost solely on meeting construction targets. It also means that it has spent close to Rs 12,000 crore of the programme's whopping Rs 1.34 lakh crore budget, without an indication, at least until now, of toilet ...

West Bengal's 'Nirmal Bangla Project' is all set to become one of the models for the Center's Swach Bharat Abhiyan, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said.

In the words of an expert, Prof. Dean Spears, "Modi's Swachch Bharat Abhiyan is essentially the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan of the previous government and the Total Sanitation Programme with a new name".

Swachh Bharat should not be reduced to one more Modi public-relations gimmick, more visible in the headlines than in the streets.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship programme "Swachh Bharat Abhiyan" is not new and it has been going on in West Bengal for the last 2-3 years in another name "Nirmal Bangla", said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

As she left for Delhi where she is expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said it was her state that first launched a cleanliness campaign and much before the PM's Swachch Bharat mission.

A village in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district is claimed to have become free of open defecation due to efforts made by the locals in collaboration with authorities under the 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'.

The Swachh Bharat mission's claims of constructing one crore toilets in one year suggest that like the UPA, the NDA government is focused almost solely on meeting construction targets. It also means that it has spent close to Rs 12,000 crore of the programme's whopping Rs 1.34 lakh crore budget, without an indication, at least until now, of toilet ...