NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi wielded a broom in a New Delhi slum on Thursday as he pledged to sweep away India´s reputation for poor public hygiene and rudimentary sanitation.
Hours after flying home from Washington, the energetic premier rolled up his sleeves and picked up a brush to launch a ´Clean India´ campaign on a public holiday which celebrates independence icon Mahatma Gandhi´s life.
As part of the campaign launch, ministers and civil servants were expected to take part in a mass clean-up on Thursday of government buildings, many of which stink of stale urine and are littered with rubbish.
