Swachh Bharat Mission has helped save lives of 2 lakh children

Swachh Bharat Mission has helped save lives of 2 lakh children. More than 8.52 crore toilets have been built in rural India, 459 districts have been declared ‘Open Defecation Free'.

About Swachh Bharat Mission :

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA) or Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) is a nation-wide campaign in India for the period 2014 to 2019 that aims to clean up the streets, roads and infrastructure of India's cities, smaller towns, and rural areas. The campaign's official name is in Hindi and translates to Clean India Mission in English. The objectives of Swachh Bharat include eliminating open defecation through the construction of household-owned and community-owned toilets and establishing an accountable mechanism of monitoring toilet use.