PM Modi Launches Swachh Bharat 2.0 & Amrut 2.0: Aims For ‘Garbage Free’ & ‘Water Secure’ India
These flagship Missions will help contribute towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals 2030
Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 and AMRUT 2.0, which is designed to make all the cities ‘Garbage Free’ and ‘Water Secure’, at Dr Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi.
“The aim of Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 is to make the cities garbage-free. With this 2nd phase, we also aim sewage and safety management, making cities water-secure and ensuring that dirty nullahs don’t merge into rivers,” PM Modi said while addressing people.
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He added, “This 2nd phase of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 & AMRUT 2.0 is also an important step in fulfilling the dreams of BR Ambedkar. It’s our privilege that today’s program has been organised at BR Ambedkar Center. He believed that urban development was pivotal to equality.”
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PM Modi appreciated the youth for spreading awareness about hygiene and educating society.
“Toffee wrappers are no more thrown on floors but kept in pockets. Kids alert elders not to litter around. The youth are taking initiative. Some are earning wealth from waste, while some are creating awareness. There is segregation of dry and wet waste, there’s awareness,” he said.
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He continued saying that India has progressed since 2014 by processing about 1 lakh tons of waste every day.
PM Modi said, “Today India is processing about 1 lakh tons of waste every day. When we started the campaign in 2014, less than 20% of the waste was being processed. Today we are processing about 70% of daily waste. Now we have to take it to 100%.”
The Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 will focus on source segregation of solid waste, utilizing the principles of 3Rs (Reduce, reuse, recycle), scientific processing of all types of municipal solid waste and remediation of legacy dumpsites for effective solid waste management.
Whereas, AMRUT 2.0 aims to provide 100% coverage of water supply to all households in around 4,700 urban local bodies by providing about 2.68 crore tap connections and 100% coverage of sewerage and septage in 500 AMRUT cities by providing around 2.64 crore sewer connections, which will benefit more than 10.5 crore people in urban areas.
These flagship Missions signify a step forward in our march towards effectively addressing the challenges of rapidly urbanizing India and will also help contribute towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals 2030.
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