Other Tasks

Run[edit]

A Swachh Bharat Run was organized at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on 2 October 2014. According to a statement from the Rashtrapati Bhavan around 1500 people participated and the event was flagged off by President Pranab Mukherjee. Participants in the run included officers and their families.^[23]

Apps[edit]

• The Times of India published an article on how "Desi companies beat Facebook in 'Swachh' apps race".^[24]
• Vocativ wrote of one such app that it could change the relationship between government and people.^[25]
• Inc42 Magazine published another article on the vision of Clean India Apps.^[26]

Real-time monitoring[edit]

The government will be launching a nationwide real-time monitoring system for toilets constructed under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. For this the government of India is bringing awareness among the people through quite good advertisements . With this system, the government aims to attain a 100% open defecation free India by 2019.^[27]

Updates from NGOs[edit]

While growing interest in progress of the mission, both private as well as government started releasing progress reports. Swachh Bharat App Tumblr Feed^[28]provides updates from Individual groups, corporates & twitter users in general about group cleaning events, status of cleanliness across India or opinions on the objectives of Clean India mission.A recent study by Public Affairs Centre finds that participation of beneficiaries in their toilet construction ensures better usage.^[29]

So as always stay fit and keep India Clean!