Archive · 30 Aug 2026
PM Modi Links Cleanliness, Public Participation With Service and Faith
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about how people can work together to keep places clean.
He said cleanliness can change how a village, city, river, or religious site looks and feels.
In Patwai village, two young people began picking up rubbish.
Other young people joined them and created a group called Clean-up Patwai.
The group cleaned four Ganga river ghats and removed more than one tonne of plastic.
During the Amarnath pilgrimage, workers and pilgrims also helped clean the route.
More than 400 metric tonnes of waste were collected and processed there.
Horse and mule waste was changed into biogas to help light the Swachh Jyot.
Modi said cleaning public places can be an act of service and faith.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said cleanliness transforms the identity and character of public places when communities make it a shared commitment.
In Patwai village, Uttar Pradesh, youths formed Clean-up Patwai and removed more than one tonne of plastic waste.
The group has cleaned four Ganga ghats, along with ponds and other public spaces.
During this year’s Shri Amarnath Yatra, sanitation workers and pilgrims helped collect and process more than 400 metric tonnes of waste.
More than 16,000 pilgrims pledged to support cleanliness, while over 10,000 received Responsible Yatri certificates.
- Who
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Patwai’s youth volunteers, sanitation workers, and Shri Amarnath Yatra pilgrims.
- What
- Modi highlighted community-led cleanliness efforts and their role in shaping the identity of public places.
- When
- Sunday, during the 137th episode of Modi’s monthly radio programme, Mann Ki Baat; the article does not provide a date.
- Where
- Patwai village in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, and the Shri Amarnath Yatra route.
- Why
- To emphasize that public participation and responsible conduct can improve cleanliness and turn it into a form of service and faith.
- Programme
- 137th episode of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s monthly radio programme, Mann Ki Baat
- Patwai initiative
- Clean-up Patwai was formed by local youths after Akash and Rohan began removing rubbish.
- Plastic removed
- More than one tonne from the Patwai area
- Ganga ghats cleaned
- Four
- Amarnath waste processed
- More than 400 metric tonnes during this year’s pilgrimage
- Cleanliness pledges
- More than 16,000 pilgrims took a cleanliness pledge
- Responsible Yatri certificates
- More than 10,000 pilgrims received recognition
- Biogas project
- Dung from pilgrimage horses and mules was converted into biogas to light the Swachh Jyot