Amitabh Bachchan Dedicates Father Harivansh Rai Bachchan’s Poem To Swachh Bharat Mission

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Wednesday unveiled the Darwaza Band – Part 2 campaign films, which focus on sustaining the open defecation free (ODF) status of villages across the country.

Launched by Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) Grameen, the campaign is produced by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, and supported by the World Bank.

At the event, Amitabh gave a brief background to the development of the campaign and mentioned that the campaign talks about how a toilet must be used by all, always and under all circumstances (‘har koi, har roz, hamesha’), read a PIB statement.

He also dedicated a re-adaptation of a poem of his father, the late Harivansh Rai Bachchan to the Swachh Bharat Mission – “Swachh Tann , Swachh Mann, Swachh Bharat, Mera Parichay“.

Maharashtra’s Minister for Water Supply and Sanitation Babanrao Lonikar, Parameswaran Iyer, Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, and other dignitaries were a part of the event.

Lonikar said the Centre and state together had spent over Rs 6,000 crore on sanitation in Maharashtra and over three crore people have stopped defecating in the open in the state.