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.