Satyagraha to Swachhagrah: Narendra Modi addresses rally in Champaran
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived Motihari to commemorate the concluding ceremony of the Champaran Satyagraha's of centenary celebrations. The theme of the centenary celebrations of the Champaran Satyagraha is "Satyagraha se Swachhagrah" to promote Swachh Bharat mission. Prime Minister Modi was received by Bihar Governor Saatyapal Malik, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan and several senior BJP leaders.Narendra Modi also flagged off India's first 12,000 horsepower electric locomotive from Bihar's Madhepura locomotive factory on Tuesday. 1.Satyagrah se Swachhagrah:Around 20,000 Swachhagrahis attended Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address in Bihar on Tuesday.
2. Narendra Modi felicitates Swachhagrahis :Swachhagrahis are the ambassadors of cleanliness movement. They are the 'foot soldiers' and motivators to implement the Community Approaches to Sanitation (CAS) at the village level. 3. Who are Swachhagrahis?Swachhagrahis are key to driving progress towards achieving an open defecation free nation. The efforts are on to make the district opendefecation free (ODF) by April 10, East Champaran District Magistrate Raman Kumar said. "More than 55 per cent households in East Champaran have been declared ODF till date. 4. Prime Minister Modi unveiled several development projects on this occasion — the inauguration of Motijheel Project, Bettiah Nagar Parishad water supply scheme under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), doubling of Railway lines between Muzaffarpur and Sagauli, Sagauli and Valmikinagar. 5. Developed at Madhepura's Electric Locomotive Factory, PM Modi launched India's first 12,000 horsepower electric locomotive. This train is the first big Make-in-India project completed by Alstom of France. 6. Modi will lay the foundation stone for four sewerage projects in Patna, an official release said on Monday. The entire sewerage projects will cost the government Rs 11.11 million. The four plants, along with 29 other ongoing projects in Bihar under the Namami Gange scheme, once completed will leave no untreated sewage water from Patna flowing into Ganga. 7. Under the Make-in-India project, about 35 locos will be manufactured at the Madhepura facility in the next fiscal (2019-20) and 60 in 2020-21. This project creates thousands of jobs for the local people as 90% of the components sourced locally, Alstom said in a press release. 8. In April 2017, Bihar government launched a year-long celebration to mark the centenary of Champaran Satyagraha movement of Mahatma Gandhi. India's first civil disobedience movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi Champaran district of Bihar. 9. World famous sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik made a sand art on with message ChaloChamparan to promote Swachh Bharat. 10. PM Narendra Modi also likely to flagged off a new bi-weekly train, Humsafar Express, connecting Katihar to New Delhi.
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