Chhattisgarh was awarded the cleanest state of India for the third time in a row
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday received the Swachhta Award after the state was adjudged the ‘cleanest state in India’. This is the third consecutive year that Chhattisgarh bags the title. CM Baghel received the award from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Swachch Amrit Mahotsav in the national capital.
Meanwhile, speaking on the achievement, the Congress leader also slammed the state of Gujarat and said that the ‘Gujrat model’ will now be replaced by the Chhattisgarh model. ‘Today is a big day for Chhattisgarh as the state got the cleanest state award from the President for 3rd consecutive time. The state has received around 67 awards in various categories… The Gujarat model has failed. Now Chhattisgarh model will work,’ CM Bhupesh Baghel told media.
बापू कहते थे, "स्वच्छता को अपने आचरण में इस तरह अपना लो कि वह आपकी आदत बन जाए."
— Bhupesh Baghel (@bhupeshbaghel) November 20, 2021
छत्तीसगढ़वासियों की यही आदत हमें लगातार तीसरी बार स्वच्छतम राज्य बनाती है.#ChhattisgarhNumber1 pic.twitter.com/EPClnuErXz
Earlier in the day, Baghel had also shared pictures from the event where he received the award for the state. Sharing the images, Baghel quoted Mahatma Gandhi and said that cleanliness must become a habit. “Bapu used to say, ‘Adopt cleanliness in your conduct in such a way that it becomes your habit.’ This habit of the people of Chhattisgarh makes us the cleanest state for the third time in a row,” he tweeted.
