Swachh Bharat: a scheme or a pipe dream?

November 03, 2014 12:08

Who does not want, or hasn't wanted, a clean India the public places of which are today probably the dirtiest and the most polluted in the world?

The question one must ask is: why it has been so, and what has not been done to change the situation for the better? Otherwise, Swachh Bharat will only remain a slogan, like Indira Gandhi's 'Garibi Hatao.' She was very upset when I once asked her in all humility what exactly she wanted to hatao (eradicate), what she wanted to replace it with, and how. Read

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