Anurag Thakur announces month-long nationwide Clean India Drive

Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur announced the launch of a month-long nationwide Clean India Drive, starting from October 1.

New Delhi: Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur on Sunday announced the launch of a month-long nationwide Clean India Drive, starting from October 1.

Thakur took to Twitter to announce the cleanliness drive. His Tweet reads, " As we observe Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrates 75 years of India’s Independence, it is our resolve to create a plastic-free India, an India of Gandhiji’s dreams and as per the vision of our Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in which Swachchta occupies the topmost priority.

The Minister has urged everybody to join the drive with fervor and help achieve the goal of Sankalp Se Siddhi.

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Thakur said, "It will be the largest cleanliness drive of the world in which more than 75 lakh tonnes of waste, primarily plastic waste, from different parts of the country, will be collected and further processed in a ‘Waste to Wealth’ model. The drive aims to propagate the mantra of “Clean India: Safe India”.