NEW DELHI: To commemorate the 2nd anniversary of the Swachh Bharat Mission, the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation & Ministry of Urban Development will be celebrating Swachh Bharat Week from 25th September, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Jayanti, to 2nd October 2016, Gandhi Jayanti, Govt said.
Cabinet Briefing by Minister Arun Jaitley, Suresh Prabhu, and Dharmendra Pradhan
Below is the calendar of events for the week at the National and State levels. National and regional media are requested to give these events due coverage:
| Date | Location | Event |
| 25th Sep
| Calicut/ Delhi
Pan-India
| Formal launch of the SB Week MoUD, MoDWS, MoR to jointly attend launch event in Calicut State level launch/district level launch of SB Week with a range of IEC activity ODF Triggering by over 19,000 swachhagrahis in hotspots with focus around railway tracks. City/village ODF declaration & awards |
| 26thSep | Delhi
Pan-India | National AV campaign launched featuring Amitabh Bachchan and Sachin Tendulkar- Minister DWS to launch at National Media Centre, New Delhi, 12.30pm Ward-level Social auditing of sanitation and SWM infrastructure City/village ODF declaration & awards |
| 27thSep
| City/Village ODF declaration & awards Special cleanliness drive in market places, bus stops | |
| 28thSep | Pan-India
| NCC for Swachhta- NCC to do events /campaigns/ activities across the country City/village ODF declaration and awards Special cleanliness drive in hospitals, parks & government offices |
| 29thSep
| Pan India
Delhi | School Swachhta Day – MDWS and MoUD to work with MHRD to conduct school specific cleanliness activities Sanitation Technology public Exhibition in Delhi to be inaugurated UDM and MDWS DD News panel discussion with Secy MDWS and Secy MoUD on SBM, SBW and Indo-San |
| 30th Sep | Delhi | INDOSAN, India Sanitation Conference 2016 at Vigyan Bhawan at 9am – inauguration by Hon’ble Prime Minister |
| Ist Oct
| Pune
Delhi | Mass event in Pune involving Sarpanchs and SBM workers Launch of 3-month long youth led community mobilization program in urban slums by NYKS in NCR All India Radio special programme on clean-up of 100 iconic places at 9.30pm Secretary MoUD interview on All India Radio about SBM |
| 2ndOct
| Porbandar / Iconic places/ Uttarakhand / Delhi / Pan-India | Flagship event –Porbandar along with Narmada and Mehsana go for ODF declaration – Minister of DWS and CM Gujarat to attend Flagship event – ODF Declaration of all ULBs in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh Chain of 19 districts in 6 States to make ODF declaration simultaneously About 1.00,000 villages in the country to be ODF by 2nd Oct. 2016 Cleaning drives at 10 Swachh iconic places by celebrities Secretary MDWS interview airs on All India Radio All Namami Gange villages in Uttarakhand to be declared ODF City-level workshops on lines of INDOSAN Awards at city-level for best schools, hospitals, residential societies, NGOs, Individuals Launch of Community and Public Toilets, Compost plants , Solid Waste Collection and Transportation equipment Cleanliness drives and special sessions on sanitation in Gram Sabhas. Chai per Charcha on Sanitation in Gram Panchayats/ULBs Community and celebrity-led cleaning and other programmes in collaboration with NDTV |
| All Week | Pan-India | Activities of mass mobilization in States/ champions recognition/village & city ODF declarations/ Social Media intensification/special issue of Kurukshetra journal on Sanitation and more |
