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NDTV-Dettol Swachh Express reaches Geeta Colony, near New Delhi to spread the word about cleanliness and the importance of good hygiene and sanitation practices. 

For their healthier tomorrow, a woman with her child taking initiative in NDTV-Dettol 'Banega Swachh India' Campaign at Geeta Colony, New Delhi. 

In India, more than three million people in the world die of water-related diseases due to contaminated water each year, including 1.2 million children. 

Swachh express travels to Kapashera, Delhi to spread awareness about cleanliness and proper sanitation practices. 

Our volunteer at Kapashera, Delhi educating people about the importance of cleanliness and proper sanitation methods. 

Swachh Express teach these children the cleanliness motto - Break the chain of infection, save lives! Washing hands properly is the best way to stop germs from spreading. 

To support our Swachh India cause people at Kapashera, Delhi pose for a picture with their clean hands. 

A girl in Kapashera, Delhi, takes a step towards good health! 

Citizens Unite for a 'Swachh India' at Shankar Camp, New Delhi. 

Swachh India volunteer giving master class at Shankar Camp near Vastan Kunj in New Delhi. 

Residents of Kapashera talk about their plight and describe their living conditions as hellish and hoped that the campaign for a hygienic, cleaner and Swachh India would take effect soon. 

Swachh Express reaches the pink city- Jaipur, Rajasthan. 

In a country with over 1.2 billion population, the statistics on personal hygiene and sanitation are startling. Swachh Express volunteer aims to educate people about the importance of cleanliness and proper sanitation practices. 

Wash hands properly, break the chain of infection and save a life! Swachh Express visits a school in Jaipur, Rajasthan to make students understand the importance of washing hands. 

We say, wash hands and take your step towards good health. 

Residents of Dausa, Rajasthan gathered together for the Swachh India Campaign. 

Swachh Express efforts to change the mindsets of people about 'No Toilets' at Madhogarh, Rajasthan. 

Swachh India's volunteer in Dausa, Rajasthan teaching people about the importance of good hygiene and sanitation practices. 

Swachh Express reaches Mewat, Rajasthan in order to change mindsets of people about ‘No Toilets’ at home. 

Aspirations bring girls to schools; lack of toilets drives them away! According to statistics, almost 28 million school children across India do not have access to school toilet facilities. 

The volunteers of Banega Swachh India educate the people of Mewat, Rajasthan on the use of toilets and the benefits of washing hands. 

More than 600 million people in India defecate in the open. 

Every year in India over 3 lakh children, under the age of five, die due to Diarrhoea and water borne diseases. 

Percentage of households with access to television and telephones in rural India exceed the percentage of households with access to toilet facilities. Source: Census Data, 2011 

Lack of toilets compel girls to drop out of schools, once they hit puberty, thus hampering their education. 

Just washing hands can prevent, as many as 40% cases of diarrhoea and 30% of respiratory infections. 

Last year, the economic ramification of inadequate sanitation was evaluated at more than a whopping Rs. 4,75,000 crores. 

Kiran Bedi at Swachh Express flag off: People need to be educated that India has a sanitation crisis because of population explosion. The onus is also on people. They have to understand the strain that population is having on the resources. 

Nitish Kapoor - MD, Reckitt Benckiser and Kiran Bedi flag off the Swachh Express. 

As part of the Dettol-NDTV Banega Swachh India campaign, Swachh Express will travel to 8 states over 75 days spreading awareness on sanitation, reaching out to thousands of people at the grassroots and teaching them proper hygiene and sanitation practices. 

Our Knowledge Partners – Feedback Foundation teaching citizens of Ghosiya colony the need of proper sanitation as part of the Swachh Express. The objective of the bus will be to create awareness around hygiene and sanitation through interactive videos, flyer distributions, posters, hand-washing sessions and street plays. 

Amitabh Bachchan is the Brand Ambassador of the campaign. Swachh Express to be flagged from a slum in Mehrauli in the National Capital. 

Our Knowledge Partners - Feedback Foundation teaching people about right sanitation practices, the proper way to wash hands with scrubbing etc. 

The Swachh Express Bus will cover around 400 villages across 8 states - Haryana, Rajasthan, UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, MP & Maharashtra. 

Amitabh Bachchan walks in for the launch of the Dettol NDTV Banega Swachh India campaign. 

NDTV and Dettol along with other key partners have launched a nationwide campaign called Banega Swachh India. The two-fold aim of this initiative is to create awareness about the importance of proper hygiene and sanitation in rural India, and raise funds to build toilets. 

Meet our panelists for at the launch event: Kirthiga Reddy - Managing Director, Facebook India, Nitish Kapoor - General Manager, RB India and the legendary Amitabh Bachchan. 

Melinda Gates speaks up for sanitation problem in India and lends her support to Banega Swachh India campaign. She described it as one of those issues that Bill Gates and she calls an upstream issue, which is if you can get people access to both clean water and sanitation, you can change their nutritional outcomes. 

The facts are striking; in our country at least thirty children under the age of five die every hour of diarrhoea, says Dr Bindeshwar Pathak, Founder, Sulab International. I am glad to see Government making Sanitation a priority issue and emphasising its importance, he added. 

Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Health and Family Welfare, supporting the initiative said. 

Amitabh Bachchan in conversation with Reckitt Benckiser - CEO, Nitish Kapoor, at the launch of Dettol NDTV Banega Swachh India campaign. 

NDTV Dettol - Banega Swachh India bus will be flagged off in October, which will cover around 400 villages across 8 states - Haryana, Rajasthan, UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, MP & Maharashtra. The objective of the bus will be to create awareness around hygiene and sanitation through interactive videos, flyer distributions, posters, hand-washing sessions and street plays. The partners in the initiative will continue with an ongoing dialogue for the next year to explore more opportunities for making a difference towards this initiative.