'Cleanliness movement has become people's movement', says Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri
India TV NewsUnion Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said that the cleanliness movement has brought revolutionary changes and become a people's movement. Speaking on World Toilet Day, he said, "Today as we observe World Toilet Day, we have over 63 lakh Individual and over 6 lakh Community and Public Toilets and urinals for citizens across Urban India. The total investments for urban development since 2014 have risen 10 folds to more than Rs 18 lakh crore in comparison to the previous 10-year period, the Union housing and urban affairs minister said at the launch of CITIIS 2.0 -- the City Investments To Innovate, Integrate and Sustain challenge. Speaking about the efforts towards achieving a circular economy in the country's urban areas, Puri said that under the Swachh Bharat Mission, the government has set up 112 biomethanation plants, 2,391 waste-to-compost plants, 55 waste-to-energy plants, 2,281 material recovery facilities, 972 construction and demolition waste management plants, and 335 solid and liquid resource management plants.
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