GEOGRAPHY GROUP ACTIVITY

Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan

By:
Riya Chopra (Group Leader)
Tanmay Goyal
Pranshu Bhagat
Shreeya
Akshay Khandelwal
Rahul Kumar
Rajkumar Gautam

CONTENTS

About the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan

About the activity

Why is cleaning necessary

How to spread awareness

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a national
campaign by the Government of India,
covering 4041 statutory towns, to clean the
streets, roads and infrastructure of the
country.
This campaign was officially launched on 2
October 2014 at Rajghat, New Delhi,
where Prime Minister Narendra Modi
himself cleaned the road. It is India's
biggest ever cleanliness drive and 3 million
government employees and school and
college students of India participated in this
event.[4][5] The mission was started by
Prime Minister Modi, who nominated nine
famous personalities for the campaign, and
they took up the challenge and nominated
nine more people and so on (like the
branching of a tree). It has been carried
forward since then with people from all
walks of life joining it.

ABOUT THE ACTIVITY

We, the students of X-A, were out on a mission,
being a part of the Cleanliness Drive. Instead of
going somewhere far, we started with our own
vicinity. We picked up the plastic, paper and other
abiotic waste from outside our school, collected it
in bags and threw them in dustbins. We learnt
that instead of looking for places from where to
start, we should start with our own surroundings.
If every Indian learns this, India can be a far
cleaner country than what it is right now.

WHY IS IT NECESSARY
Cleanliness starts from each of us. It can be personal cleanliness, cleanliness of our Room, Home,
School, Street or our island.
We need to keep our school, street clean. We should be highly aware of the cleanliness all
the time. We should not throw anything in the street. Instead, it should be put in the dust bin. This
way, we can help to keep our island clean.
Students should strive for the cleanliness of the school. If students have anything to
discard or throw he or she should use the dustbin provided by school. Proper cleanliness of class is
mandatory for proper learning environment. Hence I request you all to aware the importance of
cleanliness for our progress.
If we clean our bodies we will be free from many diseases. Clean food cooked in the clean
pot and served in the clean dishes, will give us health and happiness. If we wear clean dress our
mind will be happy. Cleanliness gives us a cheerful mind. Hence, we read more and understand
better. So, cleanliness brings us progress and improvement in all fields of activities. Hence, there is
saying. Cleanliness is next to Godliness.

HOW TO SPREAD AWARENESS

In the present time, internet has become the
most famous way to spread awareness about
things. We can spread awareness about the
importance of cleanliness and the ways to keep
our surroundings clean through the internet,
newspapers, articles, campaigns in schools and
colleges, telling other people verbally, etc.