The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 2nd of October, 2014 at Rajghat, New Delhi with an aim to make India clean. It aims to provide sanitation facilities to every family, including toilets, solid and liquid waste disposal systems, village cleanliness and safe and adequate drinking water supply by 2nd October, 2019. It will be a befitting tribute to the Father of the Nation on his 150th birth anniversary. However, it has been clearly declared that the campaign is not only the duty of the Gove rnment but each and every citizen of the country is equally responsible to keep the nation clean or swachh.
In Navodaya perspective, We being a Residential System should also focus on Proper Sanitation, use of safe drinking water, good hygiene practices that enhance the well being of students, contribute to learning achievements and sustain a healthy scho ol environment and equity at the same time. It requires consistent efforts and effective channels of disseminating messages in the morning assembly, prayer time, house meetings, through interactions and CCA Competitions. Life skills-based Hygiene Education also helps the students to develop and practice proper hygiene.