Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

A woman from Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh has set an example for her community by gifting a toilet to her son's bride on the occasion of their marriage.

Three men from Vasai, Maharashtra took up the initiative to clean up the Bhuigaon beach by starting a campaign called 'BetterInThanOut'.

As a part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, the government is facilitating the training of women who are currently working as manual scavengers, to begin working as cab drivers.

Bhuteda village of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh has come up with a one-of-a-kind example of an effective way to fight open defecation in the village.

Jhanvi Behal from Ludhiana, a student of Class 10, received a letter of appreciation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the remarkable social work that she has been involved in since 2010. The letter was accompanied with a biography of Vivekananda, which the PM sent to motive her to work more towards nation building.

An environmentalist from Uttar Pradesh is on a year-long cycling tour of the country. His mission? To spread the message of a Swachh Bharat – a cleaner country. This is how he is doing it.

The mission of a clean India is clearly visible in this hospital in Amritsar, which is implementing many ways to maintain sanitation and provide a clean environment to its patients.

Children in this village form a team and act as "commandos" to make sure that no one is found defecating in the open. They keep blowing a whistle till the person defecating in open abandons the act.

Gagan Nandi, a 24 year old, kickstarted a cleanliness drive which has turned Basavanagudi from a garbage dump to an area with neat and clean corners. Know more about this amazing cleanliness drive.

The Ministry of Environment and Forests is going to introduce the Environmental Laws (Amendment) Bill to add violations like littering, throwing waste in the open, dumping electronic waste, defacement of public places and use of banned plastic bags to the non-cognizable criminal offense category.