New Delhi: Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal Tuesday hailed the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for ‘Swachhata’, calling it a people’s movement.
During the handing over of the Swachhata pledge to the officials of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry here, Goyal said that the cleanliness movement had taken a historic step forward under the “Swachhata Hi Seva 2024” campaign, a PIB release stated.
He said that 10 years had passed since the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was announced in Prime Minister Modi’s first speech from the Red Fort. “Today, as we travel across the country, we see the remarkable change brought about by this campaign. Toilets have been built in homes, villages are now open defecation-free, and people hesitate to throw garbage on the streets because of the awareness that has been created,” Goyal said.
He said the roots of the cleanliness movement can be traced back to Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals. ” Mahatma Gandhi, the father of our nation, believed that cleanliness is even above religion. PM Modi has taken forward Mahatma’s idea of trusteeship of the planet and driven the implementation of that vision, Goyal added.