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Women go out Open; Back Scenes of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan;

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It’s not every day that a 22-year-old speaks about how humiliating it is to spend his Ramzan amid the filth at the Shahdara Railway Station, Delhi. “It has not been easy for my daughters and wife to sustain in the murkiness of the toilets here. The toilet can only be used in a limited time span, twice a day when there is water supply; other than that, we defecate in the open. The buckets we got from our hometown were stolen recently, along with our phones, rickshaw battery, and money. Recently, my wife got into a quarrel with a neighbour lady over a bucket of water,” said Deepak, who has been staying there for the last 27 days. “The toilets have been built by the permanent residents of the neighbouring area using waste tiles and materials for their own convenience. Despite having a bathroom, we don’t have a specific area to bathe. Ultimately, our women have to bathe in the open." "Drunkards and passersby jeer at them. It’s not a safe place for anybody and at night

Amitabh Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra will power up Swachh Bharat Abhiyan !

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Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra, who became the faces of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan might feature in its upcoming campaign as the government tries to impart new energy into Modi cabinet's mission for national cleanliness.  Reportedly, the government has reached out to the actors for featuring in radio advertisements on Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani's radio channels, and for their participation in a short promotional film which would soon be produced to raise awareness about the mission.  "Bachchan and Chopra have assured their time for any promo film we make, for free," a senior official told ET on the condition of anonymity. "Brand ambassador Sachin Tendulkar last year lent his voice to a Swachh Bharat video anthem," he added.  Once Ambani gives his consent for government's proposal to run subsidised, if not free, advertisements on BIG FM, the Swachh Bharat team will start working with the Reliance Group for a communications

This is what Asia’s Cleanest Village in Meghalaya looks like !

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Driving through the hills of East Khasi district in Meghalaya, that also on a typical rainy day, would be a blessing to any person who comes from a concrete jungle, caught in the web of work-home-work, The cleanest village in Asia Looks like? The otherwise beautiful Meghalaya turns into a paradise during rains as the greens get greener and the clouds seem like at an arm's distance.  The journey to any place is splendid and you would want to spend your entire day just driving through the state marvelling in its natural beauty.  But, what if the destination turns out to be even more magical and picturesque? That's Asia's Cleanest Village-Mawlynnong for you.  An urban junkie would avoid a visit to any typical village during a heavy rain day, fearing muck, potholes, mounds of garbage everywhere.  However, Mawlynnong lives up to its name that it earned in 2003. It is indeed the cleanest village, not in India but in all of Asia. Almost 100 kilometres away from Shillong, th