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through the divine
Himalayas offers
unparalleled
experience to the
devotees. However,
some of them are
also sad because of
the filth being spread
by some pilgrims
in Kedarnath. The
Prime Minister in
his ‘Mann Ki Baat’
address, expressed
his concern on
hearing stories of the
devotees who came
across filth while
visiting the Kedarnath
shrine. He appealed
to the citizens to
keep pilgrimage
sites clean. “... just
as a pilgrimage is
important, equally
important is teertha
sewa,” he mentioned.
This is not the first
time that the Prime
Minister has stressed
upon the importance
of cleanliness. He
has time and again
exhorted people
to fulfill Gandhiji’s
dream of a ‘Clean
India’. With the
focus on building
toilets, developing
community
managed sanitation
systems, and solid
and liquid waste
management,
the Government
launched Swachh
Bharat Abhiyan on
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