Addressing the nation from Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad on Wednesday, 2 October, PM Modi said that rural India and its villages have declared India open defecation-free.
He also said that target of single-use plastic-free India will have to be achieved by 2022.
- Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri flagged off ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’ India plog run at Rajpath in Delhi
- President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to Gandhi at Rajghat
- PM Modi released a commemorative Rs 150 coin to mark Gandhi’s 150th birthday
- A photo exhibition on Gandhi’s rail journeys will be held at the Pune railway station
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PM Modi Sets Target to Get Rid of Single-Use Plastic
Speaking at Sabarmati Ashram on Wednesday, PM Modi said that the target of single-use plastic free India will have to be achieved by 2022.
Rural India Has Declared Itself ODF: PM Modi
Addressing the country from Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad on Gandhi Jayanti, PM Narendra Modi said that rural India and its villages have declared India open defecation-free.
“I am satisfied that on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, we are witnessing the fulfillment of his dream of 'Swachh Bharat'. I feel lucky that on this occasion when India has successfully stopped open defecation I am here at the ashram,” he wrote in the message book of Sabarmati Ashram.
PM Modi Releases Commemorative Coin to Mark Gandhi's 150th Birthday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday released commemorative Rs 150 coins, on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary in Ahmedabad.
Special UP Session to Mark Gandhi's Birth Anniv Begins Amid Opposition Boycott
A special 36-hour session of the Uttar Pradesh legislature to mark Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary began on Wednesday, 2 October, amid boycott by the Opposition prompting Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to say that this is not only an "insult" to the Father of the Nation but also a "contempt" of the House.
Setting the proceedings in motion, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Hriday Narain Dixit said such a session was never held in parliamentary history.
"It's unfortunate that opposition leaders, who agreed for the session, are not present. Probably they did not remember that they had given consent for the session," he said.
Only members of the ruling BJP and its ally Apna Dal were present.
The simultaneous sessions of the state assembly and legislative council begun at 11 am and will continue till Thursday night without a break.