Children are catalysts of change and the government seems to have taken this cue. The Ministry of Urban Development on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Amar Chitra Katha to bring out a comic book for spreading awareness on sanitation.

This special edition will also help realise the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of a Swachh Bharat.

32-page book

“The 32-page comic book will carry messages on sanitation and solid waste components of Swachh Bharat Mission,” the statement from the Ministry said. It will comprise a series of inspirational stories from the mission, and cleanliness rankings of cities, among other things.

“Youth and students are one of the biggest change agents for any social transformation and the comic book would engage with them in an innovative manner and spread the message of cleanliness,” Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said.

Amar Chitra Katha will develop and create the comic book in English and translate it into Hindi. The Ministry will distribute them through national school boards such as CBSE, Kendriya Vidyalaya and Navodaya Vidyalaya.

The book will also have an interactive workbook of tips for children to clean their own areas and organise community cleanliness drives. This initiative follows the government’s announcement of roping in youth in the National Capital Region to spread the message of cleanliness. The Ministry on Tuesday signed an MoU with Nehru Yuvak Kendra under which the latter will deploy 50 youth for 52 days in each of the five municipal areas of Delhi, Faridabad, Gurugram, Ghaziabad and Noida.

The Swachh Bharat Mission envisages construction of 1.04 crore individual household toilets in 4,041 statutory cities and towns besides 5.08 lakh community and public toilets and 100 per cent door-to- door collection and scientific disposal of solid waste at a cost of ₹62,009 crore.

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Published on August 31, 2016