The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), along with volunteers of Dera Saccha Sauda, launched a special 45-day sanitation drive in the city on Sunday. As many as 70 teams, including Public Health, Civil, and Horticulture department officials, and consisting of nearly 150 members in each, besides 50 Dera volunteers, have been formulated for the task. The NDMC fell to seventh position, while tier-II cities such as Indore and Bhopal bagged the top two positions. Sushil Kumar Insa of Dera said: "We have vowed to remove the social stigma of dirty India, which has been put on our forehead by foreigners." He added that they will turn Prime Minister Narendra Modi's dream of Swacch Bharat into reality.

Source: dna May 08, 2017 01:41 UTC