Cuddalore:A video went viral where a woman from Cuddalore can be seen singing a song against open defecation. Neelavathi(60) is uneducated and hails from Ponnankovil village near Chidambaram in Cuddalore district.
Despite her illiteracy, she is sensitizing educated people with her song.
Her lyrics include topics like open defecation can lead to health disorders and the snake will bite you if you defecate in public places.
Commemorating the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, PM Narendra Modi launched one of the flagship programmes of NDA Government and the most ambitious cleanliness drive in India’s history in the name of ‘Swach Bharath Mission’ on 2nd October 2014.
The broader aim of this campaign is to provide sanitation facilities to every family, including toilets, solid and liquid waste disposal systems, village cleanliness, and safe and adequate drinking water supply.
The mission started with a laudable objective of ending open defecation completely by the year 2019, which would mark the 150th anniversary of the Mahatma and is making strides in achieving a cleaner India than before.
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