report on swach bahart mission
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ddressing the nation on the 72nd Independence Day, the PM shared success stories of the schemes launched by his government. While praising the Swachh Bharat Mission, he quoted a WHO report saying that the scheme has already saved lives of three lakh children.
Taking on his critics Modi said, "When I had announced Swachh Bharat Mission from this Red Fort ramparts in 2014, people had mocked me saying that why I am wasting energy on it. Government has many things to do. But a WHO report come out recently, it said that lives of 3 lakh children were saved due to the Swachh Bharat Mission. Saving lives of 3 lakh children of poor families was a laudable humanitarian job."
So has the Swachh Bharat Scheme really saved lives of 3 lakh children?
In a report published earlier this year, WHO's regional office for South East Asia had applauded Clean India Mission. In the report it said, "WHO lauds India's commitment to accelerated coverage of safe sanitation services which, assuming 100% coverage is achieved by October 2019, could avert up to 300,000 deaths due to diarrheal disease and protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) since the country launched the Swachh Bharat Mission in 2014."
It is important to note that the WHO reports says that if the 100 per cent target of safe sanitation is achieved by October 2019, lives of three lakh children would be saved. But October 2019 is still more than a year away and whether the target of 100 per cent coverage would be achieved remains to be seen.
In his very first Independence Day speech in 2014, Prime Minister Modi had announced that mission to clean up India will be his government's priority. Subsequently, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan or Clean India Mission was launched on October 2, 2014 by the prime minister. It is India's largest cleanliness drive to date, with 30 lakh government employees, school students, and college students from all parts of India participating in 4,041 statutory cities, towns and associated rural areas.
The Clean India Mission aims to eradicate open defecation by October 2, 2019, the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, by constructing 9 crore toilets in rural India. As per the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation data, more than 8 crore toilets have been built so far.