CLEAN INDIA MISSION

CLEAN INDIA

MISSION

to fulfill the dream of hON’BLE pRIME MINISTER Shri Narendra Modi by 2019

Inside view of Sulabh International Museum of Toilets, New Delhi

Ornamental Urinal and Pot

A replica of the throne-like chamberpot of King Louis XIV of France who while using it gave audience

Box-type Chamberpot

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A toilet shaped as a Cushioned Chair

Excerpts from the Independence Day address by the

Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 15th August, 2014

“... The first work I started here after formation of Government is of cleanliness. People wondered whether it is a work of a Prime Minister? People may feel that it is a trivial work for a Prime Minister but for me this is a big work. Cleanliness is very big work.

Whether our country can not be clean? If one hundred and twenty five crore countrymen decide that they will never spread filthiness, which power in the world has ability to spread filthiness in our cities and villages? Can’t we resolve this much?...” “... We are living in 21st century. Has it ever pained us that our mothers and sisters have to defecate in open? Whether dignity of women is not our collective responsibility?

The poor womenfolk of the village wait for the night; until darkness descends, they can’t go out to defecate. What bodily torture they must be feeling, how many diseases that act might engender. Can’t we just make arrangements for toilets for the dignity of our mothers and sisters? ...” “ ... You must be getting shocked to hear the Prime Minister speaking of cleanliness and the need to build toilets from the ramparts of the Red Fort. Brothers and sisters, I do not know how my speech is going to be criticised and how will people take it. But this is my heartfelt conviction. I come from a poor family, I have seen poverty. The poor need respect and it begins with cleanliness. I, therefore, have to launch a ‘clean India’ campaign from 2nd October this year and carry it forward in 4 years. I want to make a beginning today itself and that is – all schools in the country should have toilets with separate toilets for girls. Only then our daughters will not be compelled to leave schools midway...”

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SULABH INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANISATION

Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak

(NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations)

Ph.D., D.Litt.

Sociologist & Social Reformer Founder Sulabh Sanitation & Social Reform Movement

Dear Indian and Non-Resident Indian brothers and sisters: First of all I would like to wish you a very Happy New Year!

I am writing this letter with a specific purpose. As you know, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi delivered a historic speech on cleanliness from the Red Fort on 15th August 2014. He said that every home in India should have a toilet and nobody should go outside for defecation, and this we would do and make India clean by 2019 to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th Birth Anniversary.

This Clean India Mission has enthused Sulabh International Social Service Organisation, a globally renowned NGO which has been intensely engaged in the areas of sanitation and social reforms for the last 47 years. Determined to make this mission a success and to fulfill the dream of Hon’ble Prime Minister, Sulabh International in collaboration with Bharti Foundation has taken up one district—Ludhiana in Punjab— out of 690 districts in the country, which can be a model for the rest of India. Resolute to provide toilet to each and every home of all the 915 villages in the district, we have already constructed about 10,000 toilets and handed them over to the villagers. The people of Ludhiana district are very happy to get the toilets in their homes, as no longer have they to go out for relieving themselves.

For the construction of toilets, Bharti Foundation is providing the fund and their employees monitor and supervise the work. They go house to house to know the satisfaction of the beneficiaries and the progress of the work. Sulabh is executing this plan and its volunteers go house to house to point out the importance of the flush toilet to the beneficiaries. The Sulabh volunteers motivate the villagers to have toilets and also educate them how to maintain toilet properly. The beneficiaries themselves know the disadvantages of not having toilet inside the home, as they face acute difficulties while going outside for defecation. But Sulabh volunteers make them also aware about various diseases that are caused by open defecation and how they lose their precious health and money in absence of a toilet. So far about 10,000 toilets have been built in Ludhiana district. All three—the donor, the executing agency and the beneficiaries— are completely satisfied about the work done. For details you can see our website and other social media sites like Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

Thus, the collaboration between the Bharti Foundation and Sulabh International has presented an exemplary model of how Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s dream of an Open-Defecation-Free India can become a reality. This project shows how 4

we can fulfill the dream of a clean India and I request you to please join this noble movement.

India has 690 districts, 5924 blocks, 2.5 lakh Panchayats and 6,4 0,867 villages.

The cost of a toilet is about Rs. 30,000 without stone and with stone its cost goes up— ranging from Rs. 35,000 to Rs. 60,000. It depends on you what type of toilet you choose.

You can visit our website for all kinds of Sulabh toilet models and choose what suits you the best.

We have calculated the price of Rs. 30,000 per toilet for three years, that is, up to 2019, keeping in mind the inevitable escalation in price. Thus, you may like to donate a minimum of Rs. 30,000 which is the cost of one toilet, and so on and so forth. If there are 200 toilets needed in a village, the cost will come to Rs. 60 lakh. One panchayat comprising of three villages, the cost will come to 1 crore 80 lakh. Similarly, the cost for covering a block or tehsil Rs. 60 crore and for one district Rs. 600 crore. The Bharti Foundation has taken responsibility for one district—Ludhiana—and you may decide whether you will take responsibility for one toilet, or for toilet in all homes of a village, a panchayat, a block, or a district. The work will be carried out in your name or in the name of your company or organization, as you may wish. Before taking the decision, you may like to interact with the people of the village for whom the work will be done.

The target is March 2019: by this time we have to construct about 12 crore toilets in the country. Yes, nearly 12 crore toilets are required to be built by 2019 to realize the dream of our beloved Prime Minister.

This is a big task, but together we can do it and Non Resident Indians can play a pivotal role in this. This is a unique opportunity for the NRIs to show their love for the country. There are nearly two crore NRIs, and if each of them contributes to building six toilets over a span of three years, then this target can easily be met. An individual toilet costs approximately $500, so six toilets will cost a total of $3,000, or approximately Rs. 2 lakh, which can be given over a period of three years.

If all the NRIs come forward and contribute to make India clean and a better place, this beautiful dream will become a reality.

I earnestly and humbly request all of you to join hands to make India clean and open-defecation-free, and thus pay a befitting tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary.

If you want more information on this, you can contact us. We will be happy to answer all your queries. And if it is possible for you, you are very welcome to visit our beautiful campus in New Delhi’s Mahavir Enclave on Palam Dabri Road. By visiting our campus, you can have a better idea about our different sanitation technologies and the kind of work we are doing.

(Bindeshwar Pathak) 5

Rooftop toilet at Hirmathla (Constructed in the year 2010-11 @ Rs. 15,000/-)

Individual toilet in Bihar (Constructed in the year 2013 @ Rs. 36,013/-)

Individual toilet in Jharkhand (Constructed in the year 2013 @ Rs. 35,381/-)

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Individual toilet in Badaun, Uttar Pradesh (Constructed in the year 2014 @ Rs. 42, 500/-)

Individual toilet in Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh (Constructed in the year 2015 @ Rs. 55, 000/-)

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE

Sulabh Two Pit pour flush ECOLOGICAL Toilets at Different Places CONSTRUCTED BY SULABH INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANISATION 7

Ms. Paramjit beneficiary; she said that “how her life has changed drastically when a toilet was gifted to her.�

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Sushri Kushdeep Kaur feels empowered

Toilet has initiated culture of cleanliness in his house–Shri Sukhbir Singh

Implementation of

Sulabh Shauchalaya (Individual household toilets) in District Ludhiana, Punjab sponsored by Bharti Foundation

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Sushri Sumandeep Kaur feels elevated

Toilet is lifeline for the differently abled couple– Smt. Bhinder Singh with her husband Shri Mer Singh

Toilet as a bounding is bringing togetherness in the family.

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INVENTIONS BY DR. PATHAK IN THE SPHERE OF SANITATION

Sulabh Two Pit Ecological Compost Toilet

Sulabh Public toilets on ‘pay & use’ basis

Sulabh Biogas Plant

Sulabh Effluent Treatment Plant

Sulabh Purified Drinking Water

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Biogas used for lighting of mantle lamps

Panoramic view of different life size models of the Sulabh Two Pit Ecological Compost Toilets on display in the Sulabh Campus

Biogas used to warm oneself in winter

Biogas used for cooking

Water Treatment Plant at Madhusudankati, Kolkata.

Sulabh is bottling this water which is known as Sulabh Safe Drinking Water which is available for Rs. 0.50 paise per litre.

Biogas used for Street light at Patna

Sulabh Water ATM at the entrance of Sulabh campus in New Delhi, where purifed water is available for Re 1/- per litre.

Sulabh International Social Service Organisation

In General Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council Sulabh Bhawan, Palam Dabri Road, New Delhi - 110 045 Tel.: (+91-11) 25031518, 25031519, Fax: (+91-11) 25034014, 25055952 Email: sulabhinfo@gmail.com / info@sulabhinternational.org Website: www.sulabhinternational.org / www.sulabhtoiletmuseum.org

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Engine which ignites on battery to convert biogas into electricity

His Excellency Mr. Richard Rahul Verma, US Ambassador to India watching the treated water taken out from the Sulabh Effluent Treatment Plant