Department of Posts releases two Commemorative Stamps on Gandhi Jayanti
Swachh Bharat Mission is fast taking shape of a mass movement-Manoj Sinha.
The Union
Minister for Communications Shri Manoj Sinha said that Swachh Bharat
Mission got a new impetus in the country after the Prime Minister
launched the Mission on 2nd October, 2014, and in the last two years the
steps taken in this direction whether regarding construction of toilets
or Solid and Liquid Waste Management, India has created a sort of World
Record. Paying Tributes to Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shashtri on
their Birth Anniversaries, Shri Sinha expressed happiness that on the
occasion of second anniversary of Swachh Bharat Mission, one lakh
villages have become Open Defecation Free. He said, cleanliness was part
of Indian culture and legacy, but somewhere we lost the path and
reminded the audience that Mahatma Gandhi talked about the cleanliness
at length in the Calcutta Congress Session in way back in 1901 and after
more than 110 years, the swachh movement got a new impetus because of
the dynamism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Shri Sinha was speaking at
a function here, where two commemorative stamps on Swachh Bharat
Mission and a miniature sheet were released in the Presence of Union
Minister for Urban Development Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu.
Shri Sinha said, “A clean India would be the best tribute, India could
pay to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150 birth anniversary on 2nd October 2019,
as was dreamt of by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said, with citizens
now becoming active participants in cleanliness activities across the
nation, the Swachh Bharat Mission is fast taking shape of a mass
movement.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Naidu informed that all the 170 towns of
Gujrat and 110 cities of Andhra Pradesh have become ODF today. He said
that Clean Mission is a very big mission and the entire country has to
work to achieve the goal as it is neither a political programme nor a
Government Scheme, but a National Mission. He appealed to the Youth of
the country to come forward and take the responsibility of making India
clean by 2019. He informed that the Government is considering to change the name of Shouchalaya as Swachhalaya.
Shri Naidu said even as the Prime Minister is galvanising all sections
of society and people of all age groups through his “Mann Ki Baat” radio
addresses, he also wants that the Centre, States, Municipalities,
Village Panchayats should work in the spirit of Team India by taking all
sections of society in the true spirit of cooperative federalism. He
commended the postal department for taking up the cleanliness drive in
the Mission mode and said that the Postman reaches the Last Man in the
Country and in that sense they can fulfil the dream of Antodaya-Justice
to the last man, the vision of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhayaya.
Secretary, Department of Posts Shri B.V.Sudhakar said that Swachh Bharat
Mission is a Silent Revolution that is happening in India, but this is
also a Peaceful, Powerful and Pure Revolution. He said, a Clean India
will be a Healthy India and a Healthy India will be a Productive India
which will promote high growth. He said, a healthy competition has begun
in all walks of life to out beat others in cleanliness index.
As a part of Swachh Bharat Mission, Department of Posts organised a
nation-wide competition inviting entries for designing the commemorative
postage stamps of denominations of Rs 25 and Rs 5 and a miniature
sheet. The designs on the stamp & miniature sheet are based on three
best entries submitted by Ms. Binita Biswajeeta, Ms. Sanjula S. and Ms.
Arushi Aggarwal in the above competition. On this occasion, the awards
for best post offices in Haryana and Delhi Postal Circles were also
given.
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