Together with Campaign Ambassador Amitabh Bachchan, the annual Banega Swachh India Cleanathon has worked relentlessly for five years to help build toilets in rural areas, conduct clean-up drives and spread awareness about sanitation, health and hygiene across India.
Oct 02, 2018
22:09 (IST)
We leave you with the best moments of the Cleanathon@5.
Oct 02, 2018
22:00 (IST)
And that is a wrap on Cleanathon@5.
Oct 02, 2018
21:51 (IST)
The best is saved for the last, singer Sukhwinder Singh gives a power packed performance for the Cleanathon finale.
Oct 02, 2018
21:40 (IST)
RB's Rakesh Kapoor, Ronnie Scewvala, Amitabh Bachchan and Vikram Chandra do a recap of the day, the successes and challenges of the Clean India movement.
Oct 02, 2018
21:30 (IST)
Performing now on Cleanathon stage, Shilpa Rao.
Oct 02, 2018
21:21 (IST)
In the final lap of the 12-hour Cleanathon back to back performance light up the stage. Presenting Ankit Tiwari, Harrdy Sandhy and Jassi.
Oct 02, 2018
21:05 (IST)
Taapsee Pannu on Cleanathon: At my stage, where I am today, I don't think I can pinpoint and say why this was not done, who is going to this or do that! As an Indian citizen, at an individual level, at my level are we recycling in our house? There are two separate bins in my house for recyclable waste and non-recyclable waste.
Oct 02, 2018
20:55 (IST)
Prakash Javdekar on Cleanathon: While in environment ministry, I came up with many waste management rules. By the time I joined the HRD ministry, the campaign had become a public movement, with schools participating and some 6000 colleges that have participated in the campaign. We have also started scholarship for colleges to work in the villages and spread the message of safe sanitation.
Oct 02, 2018
20:48 (IST)
Prakash Javdekar, HRD Minister joins the Cleanathon.
Oct 02, 2018
20:37 (IST)
OmarAbdullah: Jammu and Kashmir is widely considered one of the beautiful parts of the country but we are also suffering from the problem of plastic waste. It is actually amazing how much social consciousness is developing in the far flung regions of my state. There are multiple dustbins for waste segregation and it is an initiative of the people and not so much the government. People there want to protect the eco system, protect the Himalayas.
Oct 02, 2018
20:29 (IST)
National Conference leader, Omar Abdullah joins the Cleanathon.
Oct 02, 2018
20:26 (IST)
Into its last hour the 12-hour #Cleanathon sees a breathtaking Mallakhamba performance, a form traditional martial arts.
Oct 02, 2018
20:14 (IST)
Uma Bharti on Cleanathon: Gandagi se nafrat aur desh se pyar to be part of all my speeches now. (Hate filth, love your country)
Oct 02, 2018
20:02 (IST)
Uma Bharti on Cleanathon: We have made India 90% ODF. Being ODF is different from Clean India. ODF India is the right of every Indian and Clean India is the responsibility of every citizen. After achieving ODF status in many places we are now moving towards Clean India.
Oct 02, 2018
19:54 (IST)
Vicky Kaushal on Cleanathon: I believe in a nation of 1.3 billion people, no government will be able to manage cleanliness unless it comes from within the people individually.
Oct 02, 2018
19:48 (IST)
Vicky Kaushal joins the Cleanathon.
Oct 02, 2018
19:47 (IST)
Amitabh Bachchan: I want to contribute 50 machines to the World Toilet College.
RB's Rakesh Kapoor: On our part, I will make sure that my company multiplies your contribution by 6 times.
Oct 02, 2018
19:45 (IST)
Narasimhan Eswar of RB: We have with the help of the Government of Maharashtra, we have set up Harpic World Toilet College. We recruit manual scavengers and we ask them to go through a three week course in which we teach them how to clean drains with the help of machines without getting inside the drains and in these three weeks they are also paid a stipend equivalent of the money they usually make. They are also given training on soft skills.
Oct 02, 2018
19:40 (IST)
Shaina NC, BJP Leader: Dignity of labour - we all talk about it, inhumane labour is simply not acceptable. Our government is very clear whether it is sanitation or manual scavenging, we are trying to cover all aspects.
Oct 02, 2018
19:37 (IST)
Bezwada Wilson, National Convener, Safai Karmachari Andolan: The situation is so pathetic that every human should respond. how can we live seeing fellow human being cleaning the drain. When you know that thousands of people die in manual scavenging and in a months time, in the capital 11 people have died then how can I or any of us can be quiet?
Oct 02, 2018
19:17 (IST)
After the Prime Minister, more appreciation for the 12-hour #Mere10Guz Cleanathon
Hema Malini: Swachh Bharat is a great initiative undertaken by the Prime Minister, I only wish as a country we had started much earlier on this Clean India movement
Oct 02, 2018
19:03 (IST)
Hema Malini joins the Cleanathon
Oct 02, 2018
19:00 (IST)
Tochi Raina fires up the Cleanathon stage with an enthralling performance
Oct 02, 2018
18:42 (IST)
Afroze Shah, Versova Beach Clean-up Warrior: The biggest challenge is to bring people on board. We have to reach the people at the lowest level. We have to move the things at the ground level, only then we can make any real difference.
Oct 02, 2018
18:36 (IST)
Parameswaran Iyer on Cleanathon: We just concluded Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation convention we had participation from 65 countries. The key lesson learnt from the campaign is the 4Ps- Public, Private, People Partnership. This campaign has become a jan andolan (People's movement) and is no more a sarkari (Government) initiative. Media has been playing a very important role in making swachh Bharat a people's movement. We are now focussing on ODF plus. We have made excellent progress and we will achieve the Prime Minister's deadline of October 2, 2019.
Oct 02, 2018
18:30 (IST)
Parameswaran Iyer, Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation joins the Cleanathon
Oct 02, 2018
18:28 (IST)
This campaign has a long way to go and we are still far from achieving the Clean India dream but we have atleast started somewhere and this is very important: Baba Ramdev
Oct 02, 2018
18:21 (IST)
Baba Ramdev on Cleanathon: I want to say, wherever toilets are being built, water should be provided too. because without water toilets are only creating more dirt, diseases and problems.
Oct 02, 2018
18:10 (IST)
Sonu Nigam on Cleanathon: Public toilets are so dirty everywhere because we do not know how to use toilets. I am happy that now swachhta has been taking up a place in people's lives through such initiatives by the government, organisation and people like you.
Oct 02, 2018
18:07 (IST)
Sonu Nigam, Afroz Shah, Baba Ramdev and other experts now LIVE on Cleanathon
Oct 02, 2018
18:01 (IST)
Darshan Raval gives an energetic performance against a scenic sunset.
Oct 02, 2018
17:52 (IST)
Aaditya Thackeray on Cleanathon: It is a habit for us to throw things around but fortunately we are now also inculcating the habit to start cleaning up. We are going around and cleaning the beaches. We are one of the few cities having marine assets. We have turtle and other marine creatures coming to the beach in our city. We need to preserve it.
