Swachhata Samachar
Incorporating Swachhata Pakhwada News
January 2020
Story of the month
Story of the month
Jal Jeevan Mission Tableaux awarded best Tableaux at the 71st Republic Day Parade
The tableaux of the Ministry of Jal Shakti during the 71st Republic Day parade underlined the Government’s new initiative Jal Jeevan Mission which aims at providing Har Ghar Jal by 2024. The tableaux was awarded the best tableaux, along with the tableaux of the National Disaster Response Force, by the Hon’ble Minister of Defence, Shri Rajnath Singh.
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National workshop on Jal Shakti Abhiyan with Sadhguru

A national workshop and review for JSA was held on 28th January at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Inaugurated by the Hon’ble Minister for Jal Shakti, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, and included a special interaction with founder, Isha Foundation, Sadhguru who spoke about the spiritual and cultural importance of water conservation.

National workshop on Jal Shakti Abhiyan with Sadhguru
Panel discussion on Swachh Bharat at the Jaipur Literary Festival
Panel discussion on Swachh Bharat at the Jaipur Literary Festival

A panel discussion on the Swachh Bharat Mission was organised at the Jaipur Literary Festival with CEO - NITI Aayog, Shri Amitabh Kant, and Secretary - DDWS, Shri Parameswaran Iyer, in conversation with founder - SANA, Sanchaita Gajapathi Raju.

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January 2020
Ministry of External Affairs
Ministry of External Affairs
(1st - 15th Jaunary)
  • Swachh Bharat Anthem and AVs on Swachhata were played across all MEA offices in India and abroad
  • MEA offices and Indian Embassies/CGIs abroad organised event to collect and segregate Plastic waste for proper waste disposal and recycling
  • Various Passport Offices undertook Swachhata activities like shramdaan, educating school children, writing competitions, tree plantation etc.
  • Shramdaan was done by staff members at MEA Residential complexes
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
(1st - 15th Jaunary)
  • Swachhata Pakhwada was observed in association with the Road Safety awareness in all offices and organisations across the country
  • Various Swachhata related competitions were organised and winners were awarded
  • Country wide Swachhata awareness and publicity through banners and posters
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
(16th - 31st Jaunary)
  • Various All India Radio Stations undertook cleaning and segregation drive for safe disposal of Solid Waste
  • Swachhta messages were displayed at prominent places & on the website of Children’s Film Society India (CFSI)
  • Swachh Bharat Anthem was broadcasted in all Doordarshan channels
  • National Film Archive of India carried out cleanliness drive
Department of Higher Education
(16th - 31st Jaunary)
  • Plogging activity was undertaken by the students of IILM Academy of Higher Learning, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow and Model Institute of Engineering and Technology located in Jammu
  • Awareness camps regarding cleanliness were organised at various locations thorough roadshow, nukkad natak, display of banner etc.
  • Several Competitions were organised on forest conservation, water conservation, Village cleaning awareness, innovative technologies for waste recycling and energy conservation
  • A session on innovative technologies for waste recycling, energy conservation was presented by the students of SVLNS Govt. Degree college, Visakhapatnam
Department of Higher Education