Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) 2.0 and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) 2.0 at Dr Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi.
Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 2.0 have been designed to realise the aspiration to make all our cities 'Garbage Free' and 'Water Secure'.
PM Modi on October 1 said that the aim of Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 is to make the cities garbage-free.
Speaking at the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) 2.0 and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) 2.0, PM Modi said," In 2014, the countrymen took a pledge to make India open defecation free - ODF. The countrymen fulfilled this pledge with the construction of more than ten crore toilets. Now, the goal of 'Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0' is to make Garbage-Free City, a city completely free of garbage."
PM Modi said that the journey of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and AMRUT Mission so far is going to make every fellow citizen proud.
He further said that the country's target in the next phase of Mission AMRUT is 'Increasing sewage and septic management, making our cities water safe cities' and ensuring that no sewage drains anywhere in our rivers."
"The achievements under the SBM prove how dedicated every citizen is towards their responsibility. Our cleaning staff are real heroes of this initiative. What the country has achieved through Swachh Bharat Mission assures us that how sensitive every Indian is for his duties, how alert he is," PM Modi added.
"It's our privilege that today's program has been organised at BR Ambedkar Center. He believed that urban development was pivotal to equality. Babasaheb's great emphasis was on changing this situation, on removing this inequality. The next phase of Swachh Bharat Mission and Mission Amrit is also an important step towards fulfilling the dreams of Babasaheb," he said.
(ANI)