Clean India in Pics: High-profile ministers come out of comfort zone with brooms

New Delhi, Oct 1: As the "Swacch Bharat" (Clean India) Mission would be launched Oct 2, 2014, lets have a look at what initiatives have been taken in the past one month to fulfill the pet project of PM Narendra Modi.

On Sept 24, Wednesday, the government gave its nod to the five-year-long programme to eliminate open defecation and construction of individual and community toilets across the country.

On Sept 24, PM Modi in Bangalore had asked the students to devote 100 hours every year towards Swachh Bharat, and pledge that they will work towards a clean India.

New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Sept 22, had created a Facebook page, "hohoshameshame" asked the people to post photographs of all those littering or urinating at public places.

"The mission will aim to create a Clean India of Gandhiji's dreams by the Mahatma's 150th birth anniversary in 2019", PM Modi had said in his message.

Modi government's 'Swachh Bharat' campaign also found a new supporter and it is none other than Arvind Kejriwal, who on Tuesday tweeted:

AAP will join Swach bharat abhiyan on 2 Oct. But condition of safai karamcharis ought to be improved if we want a clean india.....

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) September 30, 2014

......My letter to govt on swach bharat abhiyanhttp://t.co/YuAGCCfRXz

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) September 30, 2014

PM Modi will also pick up a broom to launch the "Swachh Bharat (clean India)" mission on October 2, Thursday.

Here, lets take a look at some pics of the high-profile ministers who have come out of their comfort zones and made an effort to clean their country:

Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani sweeps the ground

Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani sweeps the ground at a school in New Delhi as she participates in 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' (Clean India Mission), on Wednesday.

Ravi Shankar Prasad participates in 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'

Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Law and Justice, sweeps an area outside Shastri Bhavan as he participates in 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' (Clean India Mission), in New Delhi on Friday.

Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti sweeps

Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti sweeps as she takes part in 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' (Clean India Mission) at Shram Shakti Bhavan, in New Delhi on Friday.

Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan sweeps

Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan sweeps as he takes part in 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' (Clean India Mission) at FCI office in New Delhi on Monday.

MoS for PMO Jitendra Singh along with his officials sweep

MoS for PMO Jitendra Singh along with his officials sweep an area outside North Block as he participates in 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' (Clean India Mission), in New Delhi on Monday.

‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' at Panchseel Bhavan in New Delhi

Union Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal launching the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' at Panchseel Bhavan in New Delhi on Wednesday.

‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' at Panchseel Bhavan in New Delhi

Union Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal launching the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' at Panchseel Bhavan in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Employees of NF Railwaya sweep a road

Employees of NF Railwaya sweep a road as part of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in Guwahati on Thursday.

MoS (Independent Charge) Culture Shripad Yesso Naik takes part

MoS (Independent Charge) Culture Shripad Yesso Naik takes part in Swachh Bharat campaign outside Red Fort premises in New Delhi on Thursday.

Union MSME Minister Kalraj Mishra sweeps the floor

Union MSME Minister Kalraj Mishra sweeps the floor as part of Swachh Bharat campaign, in New Delhi on Thursday.

Delhi Assembly Speaker M S Dhir launches the cleanliness drive

Delhi Assembly Speaker M S Dhir launches the cleanliness drive under "Swachh Bharat Abhiyan" in Delhi Assembly premises in New Delhi on Wednesday.

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