Cleanliness

"Sanitation and cleanliness are among the humblest of the civic virtues and it is easy to underestimate their significance." 

                                         - Ram Nath Kovind

🖤 >🖤Meaning of cleanliness - Cleanliness refers to the state of being clean or quality of being tidy and free from dirt, germs and impurities. Cleanliness is very essential component of human life in both physical and spiritual terms. Cleanliness involves maintaining hygienic environment by regularly cleaning and organizing spaces to promote health and well being.

🖤Importance of cleanliness - Cleanliness is not just about physical cleanliness but also includes mental clarity. It plays a crucial role in preventing spread of diseases and fostering a sense of calm and productivity. Cleanliness provide mental clarity to the thoughts and actions of the person.

🖤Diseases caused by uncleanliness - Dengue, Typhoid, Hepatitis, Jaundice, Cholera, Ascariasis, Ringworm, etc. can be spread due to eating contaminated food, drinking contaminated water or living in an unhygienic condition.

🖤Action taken by government - These are some significance step towards achieving a cleaner and healthier India:-

🤍🤍"Swachh Survekshan" program - Annual cleanliness survey conducted by government to assess and rank cities and towns based on various cleanliness parameters. It aims to encourage local bodies to improve their sanitation infrastructure, waste management practices and overall cleanliness standards.

🤍🤍"Swachh Swasth Sarvatra" program - This program focus on link between cleanliness and health. This program aims to raise awareness about importance of sanitation and hygiene in preventing diseases and improving overall health outcomes.

🤍🤍"Swachh Vidyalaya" program - This program aims to ensure that all schools have adequate sanitation facilities, promote handwashing practices and create a clean and healthy learning environment for students.

🤍🤍"Swachhata Hi Seva" campaign - Campaign encourages citizens, government officials and organisations to come together and actively participate in cleanliness drives, waste management activities and awareness programs.

🤍🤍"Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0" - Mission includes initiatives to sustain progress made in first phase, enhance waste management practices, promote behavioral change towards cleanliness and ensure sustainability of cleanliness practices at all levels.

🤍🤍"Swachh Bharat Abhiyan" (Clean India Mission) - Government of India initiated it in 2014 to promote cleanliness and sanitation across the country. It aimed to improve solid waste management and eliminate open defection. It focused on building toilets, promoting hygiene practices and raising awareness about the importance of cleanliness.

🖤Key achievements of "Swacch Bharat Abhiyan" -

🤍🤍Construction of milion of toilets - Focused on building toilets in rurraisebhkaal and urban areas to eliminate open defection.

🤍🤍Increase in toilet usage - Initiative resulted in significant increase in toilet usage among households, schools and public places.

🤍🤍Behavioural change - Raised awareness about importance of cleanliness and hygiene leading to a positive shift in people's attitude towards sanitation.

🤍🤍Cleanliness rankings - Cities and towns across India were ranked based on their cleanliness and sanitation efforts, encouraging healthy competition among regions to improve cleanliness standards.

🤍🤍Reduction in open defection - Reduce practice of open defection which has significant health and environmental benefits. 

🖤Goals of cleanliness - The goals of cleanliness are helath, beauty, absence of offensive odour and to avoid the spreading of dirt and contaminants to oneself and other.

"Cleanliness is next to godliness". We've heard this phrase many times. But do we follow this??

          "Clean hands are safe hands".