Report on Swacchata Hi Seva Mission

 

REPORT ON SWACHHTA HI SEVA MISSION

“Cleanliness may be defined to be the emblem of purity of mind.” – Joseph Addison

As per the Minutes of Meeting as released by the office of the District Magistrate (New Delhi District) vide F.No.14(130)/DC/ND/Co-ord/2023/dcnewd/2866-29 dated 29.09.2025, a massive cleanliness drive was held on 1^st October from 10:00 am to 11:00 am all over the nation. AP School conducted this programme successfully with its staff and students.

As a run up to Swachh Bharat Diwas on 2nd October, a day that the nation celebrates the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) and Dept. of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti are organizing the ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’ fortnight 15th September to 2nd October, in collaboration with other Ministries, to celebrate 9 years of Swachh Bharat Mission.

Theme of ‘Swachhata Hi Seva 2025’:

The overarching theme for Swachhata Hi Seva (SHS) 2025 is “Swachhotsav” (स्वच्छोत्सव), which translates to a "festival of cleanliness". Running from September 17 to October 2, 2025, this 9th edition focuses on blending cleanliness efforts with festive celebrations to promote zero-waste communities, sustainable practices, and massive community participation, culminating on Gandhi Jayanti.

Theme of ‘Swachhata Hi Seva 2024’:

The theme for the Swachhata Hi Seva (SHS) 2024 campaign was “Swabhav Swachhata - Sanskaar Swachhata” (Cleanliness by Nature, Cleanliness by Culture)

Theme of ‘Swachhata Hi Seva 2023’:

The backbone of the Mission has been Jan Andolan for Swachhata. The theme for Swachhata Hi Seva 2023 is “Garbage Free India”. Events planned as part of the fortnight serve as a build up to Swachhata Diwas 2023 and reaffirm the commitment of all to make India clean and garbage free.

To imbibe the habits of cleanliness from the very foundational years of a student, AP School has been emphasizing the importance of Swachhata throughout the year and is on the path of making sensitive, aware and intelligent future citizens.

 

Swachhata Hi Seva – Fortnight long Cleanliness Drives:

Swachhata reverberating in the air this fortnight as everyone will fight against garbage with massive cleaning drives & innovative and unique methods of awareness for ‘twin bin’ and source segregation. As a part of Swachhata Hi Seva, all Government of India Ministries, PSUs, State Govts. and local bodies will be organizing massive cleanliness drives across various locations. The inter-sectoral activities will be cleaning of high footfall tourist spots/ pilgrim sites under Tourism Ministry, ‘Har Pathri Saaf Suthari’ cleanliness activities of railway platforms and adjacent areas by Railways, Department of Higher Education & School Education will involve universities and school students for Swachhta Hi Seva activities, while MoPNG will organize cleanliness and awareness drives across petrol pumps etc.

The activities include removal of garbage from all important spaces, clearing of legacy waste, repairing, painting, cleaning, and branding of all sanitation assets such as litter bins, public toilets, garbage points, waste transportation vehicles, and Material Recovery Facilities, saturating markets, public spaces.

‘Swacchta Hi Seva’ is India's largest cleanliness mission to date with three million government employees, students and citizens from all parts of India participating in 4,043 cities, towns, and rural communities. The Department of School Education & Literacy is bringing sanitation activities to all public and private schools of the country, while the Department of Higher Education is encouraging colleges and universities to spread the message of Swachhata.