The Central Government has ordered the States to urge in ‘Fast-Track’ cleanliness drive, yesterday. The Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal today advised States and Union Territories to fast-track cleanup of dirty spots with high focus on visible cleanliness. Mr Manohar further said that the ministry has drafted a framework for time-bound clearance of these urban lands, that will focus on regular reviews and aggressive monitoring by states, citizen mobilization and interface for mapping CTUs via Swachhata App, mr Mahnohar said,”The CTUs is about converting eyesores into areas of pride, restoring dignity of public spaces and ensuring that cleanliness is not just on paper but visible and felt”. The ‘Fast-Track’ cleanliness drive has been a talk for a while, where the Central Government has emphasised the ‘Swach Bharat’ movement which was inspired by Indian peacemaker and freedom fighter Late Shri Mahatma Gandhi, is even today taken the toll to urge people in making an India a ‘Clean Country’ and ‘A beautiful diverse place’.The Swachh Bharat Mission was launched on October 2, 2014, by the Hon'ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in Rajghat in New Delhi, with a focus on making India Open Defecation Free (ODF).
