Youth have the power to free the country from Plastic Waste through Jan Bhagidari: Anurag Thakur
Citizens set a record by collecting
over 108 lakh kg of plastic waste from 3 lakh 41 thousand villages of India in
30 days: Anurag Thakur
6 lakh cleanliness programs were organised throughout this Jan Bhagidari clean
India campaign: Anurag Thakur
The Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Youth Affairs and Sports, Anurag Thakur today called upon the youth of the country to become a part of Cleanliness Campaign and become instrumental in taking it forward. Anurag Thakur was addressing the culmination of a one month long Swachch Bharat Abhiyaan under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav at Avadh University, Ayodhya today. The Minister said that we could not be part of India’s freedom struggle but we can definitely be part of the campaign to free the country freedom form plastic garbage.
Calling upon the youth of the
country to contribute to the cleanliness campaign, he said that in this
one-month campaign, a target was set to collect 75 lakh kg of plastic waste
from different places in the country, but the goal was achieved much ahead of
the target date. So far 108 lakh kg of plastic waste has been collected from
three lakh 41 thousand villages across regions. Nearly 6 lakh cleanliness
programs were organised under this campaign throughout Jan Bhagidari, the
Minister said.
The Minister said that this campaign was started from Prayagraj in the state and is ending in Ayodhya. Thakur said that plastic is non-biodegradable, so it is very harmful for animals. People should inculcate the habit of disposing off wrappers and other plastics by throwing them in the dustbins when they are in public places, the Minister advised. He said that if every citizen of the country takes responsibility for cleanliness around him or her, then there will be no requirement for cleanliness campaigns. He said that the youth of the country can make a big contribution towards nation building and making the country clean and respectable.
Thakur informed that more than 11 crore toilets have been constructed in the country in two years. He said that the country has become open defecation free under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Thakur reiterated that open defecation and drinking dirty water are extremely detrimental to health, whereby 80% of diseases are caused by drinking dirty water.
The Minister informed that the
Central Government is working towards providing clean drinking water to all
through Ha Ghar Nal and Har Ghar Jal campaign He enumerated that work of
providing clean water to one crore households has been completed in the last
four years. Anurag Thakur added that this cleanliness campaign is of one month
but people will have to be continuously made aware of benefits of cleanliness
as well as kept motivated to take the Swachchta Abhiyaan forward throughout the
country.
He said that the Centre has worked
expeditiously in the area of Covid vaccination, as a result of which more than
100 crore people have been vaccinated against corona in the country. He urged
the remaining people to get vaccinated as soon as their turn comes. He said
that the Central Government has provided free ration to the people for 15
months during the Corona period, more than 80 crore people of the country took
advantage of it. Anurag Thakur appreciated the role played by the youth
volunteers during the one month long nationwide cleanliness campaign. He said
that the youth have the power to change the face of the country and exhorted
them to give a new direction to the nation.