Swachh Bharat Research Articles

Dirty work in the clean city: An embodied Urban Political Ecology of women informal recyclers’ work in the ‘clean city’

This paper investigates the ways that ‘cleaning up’ Indian cities impacts those who rely on accessing waste on city streets for their livelihoods. I focus on low-income Dalit women recyclers in Ahmedabad, India as they navigate material and discursive shifts in urban waste management emanating from the national Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and 2016 Solid Waste Management Rules, and the municipal privatization and mechanization of solid waste management practice. The study is informed by 10 months of ethnographic research and a series of interviews and group discussions with women recyclers between 2016 and 2018. Using a feminist embodied Urban Political Ecology approach, I suggest the imagining and production of the ‘clean and green’ world-class city is affecting Dalit women recyclers’ work in two ways. First, I argue that emerging cleanliness governance mechanisms and solid waste management practices are re-spatializing and masculinizing waste labour in the city. I show how spatial, discursive and temporal shifts in solid waste management are producing new challenges for Dalit women recyclers in accessing waste, intensifying their physical and financial burdens and requiring more precarious adaptations to generate daily incomes. Second, I explore women recyclers’ own clean city aspirations, expressing a desire to experience the ‘clean and green’ city and a simultaneous sense of betrayal as their livelihoods, communities and bodies are excluded from its imagining and material production. I suggest that an embodied intersectional analysis of waste labour reveals how the imagining and production of clean and sustainable ‘modern’ cities can cause damage to socially marginalized and gendered bodies as they are displaced from work and denied the substantive experience of urban citizenship in the ‘world-class’ city. Attention to embodiment thus deepens an understanding of the complexities and contradictions invoked in urban environmental governance and infrastructural transformations, informing the imagining and production of more equitable and reparative urban futures.

Sanitation policy in India – designed to fail?

After three decades of disappointing experience with sanitation promotion, the Indian government launched the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) in 2014, with great fanfare and optimism. Yet SBM failed to live up to the expectations. This article argues that the dull outcomes are the result of design flaws in the program. The study finds that the goals of SBM are poorly chosen, with private sanitation services being prioritized over those which create public value in Indian context. Furthermore, SBM emphasizes financial and information tools while overlooking the regulatory and organizational tools and their synergies, which makes it nothing more than a poorly designed conditional cash transfer scheme. The design approach employed in the article not only opens the black box of sanitation policy tools but also generates valuable recommendations to guide sanitation policy in developing countries.

Agni Dita- Electronic Sanitary Napkin Disposal System

The problem of improper disposal of Absorbent Hygiene Products (AHP) is a major roadblock for achieving "Swachh Bharat Mission'' goals for clean and green India. The destruction of disposable Absorbent Hygiene Products (AHP) has been a global issue for a very long time. Attempts to dispose AHPs were made- by flushing them down the toilet, which resulted in clogging or attempt of burning them down, which resulted in releasing toxic gas in the open air which is harmful for the environment. Although, efforts were made to solve the problem of disposing AHPs, with the help of incinerators, but no prior attempts have been made to satisfactorily and safely dispose of AHPs in such systems. The main objective of this system is to avoid land pollution and air pollution, by which we can put forward complete safety and solve the above-mentioned issues by making our incinerator smart and efficient. Hence, we have designed an electronic sanitary napkin disposal system. The proposed system hence put forth a solution as an essentially simple, cost efficient, fully automated construction, adapted to be hung on any wall in a lavatory, to dispose sanitary napkins. Our system consists of four chambers- the input hatch, the burning chamber, the ashtray and the gas treatment water tank. This system will be completely microcontroller driven with a display showing the current status of the system or any system alert.

Socio-demographic determinants of open defecation in rural parts of Bhopal city

Background: Open defecation (OD) is still prevalent in many parts of India in spite of launching Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) by central government. So, this programme is extended to achieve the target of open defecation free (ODF) India. To determine the prevalence of open defection and associated socio-demographic factors.Methods: A total 1000 study participants were included for study in the rural field practice area of medical college which was carried out for the duration of one year. A pre-designed, pre-tested questionnaire was chosen as a tool for data collection. Binary logistic regression analysis was applied to show the association between OD and socio-demographic factors using statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) 23 version.Results: The prevalence of OD was 27.7% and factors such as age, education, occupation, socio economic status (SES), marital status and type of family were found significantly associated with it.Conclusions: OD is more commonly prevalent (27.7%) in rural area in present study. This practice is associated with various socio demographic factors and age, education, occupation, SES, marital status and type of family were found significant predictors for OD.

Association between vaccine preventable diseases in children and improved sanitation following a nationwide sanitation campaign in India: an ecological analysis

ObjectivePersistent exposure to faecal pathogens due to open defecation may cause environmental enteropathy that, in turn, may lead to undernutrition and vaccine failure in under 5-year-old (u5) children. The Swachh...

Dichotomy to Continuum: Importance of Faecal Sludge Management in Shaping Future Urban–Rural Linkages in Urbanizing India

Meeting the sanitation needs of a growing and urbanizing population in India led the incumbent national government to launch a large-scale sanitation programme, the Swachh Bharat Mission in 2014. Having reduced the deficit in basic rural sanitation in its first phase, the programme is targeting to achieve universal safely managed sanitation in its second phase launched in February 2020. Since the trajectory to achieving safely managed sanitation is inherently path-dependent, the present article utilizes novel survey data from rural India to understand the nature of sanitation systems in transitioning spaces and identify the investments they require to provide safely managed sanitation. It finds that the de facto preference in sanitation systems that households manifest is in direct contrast to the governmental choice of the low-cost twin pit system. The choice of the on-site sanitation system is informed by the household’s economic status and how ‘characteristically’ urban the settlements they reside in are. The article further discusses the implications of these findings for the short-term responsiveness and long-term effectiveness of the massive sanitation investments (USD 19 billion) planned for the next five years in India.

Study of Technological Interventions in Collection and Transportation of Municipal Solid Waste Management Practices – A Case of Ahmedabad City

In today’s scenario, to cater all services in a living habitat is very necessary part to fulfil the need of each and every individual to live a comfortable level of their living standard. Due to population upsurge and urbanization, solid waste management is one of the chief issues to deal with as it affects quality of life. Ahmedabad is the 7th largest city of India and generates about 4000 Metric tons of waste daily. Smart Cities are defined in various ways by different people, but all have an underlying concept that being as “smart” involves using information and communication technologies (ICT), the internet to address urban challenges. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) -Urban designed the idea of Swachh Survekshan in which they have rated cities based on the innovative interventions undertaken by them to enhance cleanliness or swachhta. Swachh Survekshan toolkit of 2017 - 2018 have given importance to use technological parameters like Vehicle Tracking System (VTS), Biometric attendance systems etc, thus encouraging cities to incorporate them, especially in Primary Solid Waste Management. This research paper studies the Primary Municipal Solid Waste Management in Ahmedabad with data collection and interactions with the municipal officials of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). It studies the implementation and usage of the Vehicle tracking System (VTS) - Ecoskipper in Ahmedabad. The study was done in 2018, includes analysis of existing scenario. A framework for the study was made to analyze the Vehicle Tracking System technology.

Shuchi 1.0: Robotic System For Automatic Segregation of Waste & Floor Cleaning

The advancements made in technology of robotics have made the existence of humankind simpler and comfortable. This work aims at developing a robot for waste collection, segregation and floor cleaning for domestic purpose. The robot expedites and eases the floor cleaning process by employing wire- less technologies. Robot movement is controlled by the end-user through an Android application. The Shuchi 1.0 model can also be configured to work in the semi-autonomous mode, requiring minimum intervention from the end-user. The system is fitted with sensors to detect the obstacles then changes the course of its path, mounted with a camera and LCD screen to ensure its effective work- ing. It is also equipped with an automatic waste segregator, which overcomes the need for manual segregation, thus having a positive impact on health and the environment. With these Shuchi 1.0 working features, it seeks to realize the goal of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan by capitalizing on the technologies of IoT and Robotics.

Awareness Among Junior High School Students Regarding Swach Bharat, Swach Vidhyalaya (SBSV) Mission, Uttarakhand.

A study was done to assess the awareness of Govt. school students on “Swachh Bharat Swachh Vidyalaya” Mission in selected govt. schools of Doiwala, Dehradun. Methods: An exploratory descriptive survey design was used for the study. The subjects were 200 Junior High school students of VI, VII, VIII and IX standard. Participants selected by non-probability convenience sampling technique. Structured Knowledge Questionnaire was administered for the assessment. Results: The study shows that the knowledge score mean value of 200 subjects were 20.44 with standard deviation of 2.47 and mean percentage 68.13. The Chi-square test done with Yates correction formula at 0.05 level of significance revealed association of knowledge scores with only one demographic variable i.e. class of the students out of ten variables selected for the study. Other variables like age of the student, gender, parents education, religion, type of family, locality, source of information and family income were not found to be associated with the knowledge scores of the students. Interpretation and Conclusion: Knowledge of the students were found to be good regarding the national central govt. campaign regardless of any standard variables selected. The knowledge and awareness among students were found to have raised their self-esteem and morale in knowing, asking for and getting their basic right of living in a clean environment whether at school or at home for both boys and girls. The national campaign has brought positive outlook for the teachers of the school too. This concludes that the assumptions made by the researcher were true and the students had some knowledge about the mission and also H1 hypothesis of association of knowledge scores is accepted for one demographic variable among study participants. Findings stress the need for more such national cleanliness campaigns and sanitation teaching programs, which in turn may enhance the overall knowledge and health of the participants.

Antecedents and consequences of adopting CLTS among tribal communities to become open defecation free: case study on Indian Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

The Swachh Bharat Mission undertaken by the Government of India (GoI) has been successful in accomplishing this objective within a short period thereby catalyzing governance following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is the responsibility of any democratic nation to ensure that its citizens have universal access to adequate and equitable sanitation. The key approach adapted to igniting a change in sanitation behavior rather than constructing toilets. An effort has been made in the study to affirm that even the marginalized sections of the society residing in tribal communities of West Bengal and Chhattisgarh have benefitted from this Government of India Mission and derived the required benefits. There is enough literature available to support the justification that civil participation holds the key for successful implementation of CLTS thereby making the communities open defecation free (ODF). It is therefore imperative to understand the behavioral transformation that takes place during the CLTS implementation. A hybrid model has been proposed in the study making use of the theory of reasoned action (TRA) and theory of planned behavior (TPB) to understand the pre-adoption and post-adoption behavior of residents. In present study, used model was empirically tested for several hypotheses. The finding reflects towards subjective norms and facilitating conditions as major determinants that ensure the continuation of intention for CLTS. They play a pivotal role in improving the health and hygiene conditions in the region and thus decrease the risk of spread of epidemic diseases.

Reminiscing the Expedition Towards Swachh Bharat - A Mission with a Conviction of All ‘Swachhagrahis'

Before the program was launched, 60 percent of the global toiletless population defecating in the open were Indians. With a focused execution roadmap and a well-demarcated responsibility, the mission accomplished its macro and micro targets overwhelmingly. To maintain the feeling of cleaner India, the sense of ownership amongst fellow citizens is of pivotal importance, and to achieve it, unity with resilience is a must. The consolidated effort with a practicable conviction of the Swachhagrahis seems to make the program a benchmark for all the developing nations.

Low cost geopolymer modular toilet unit for ODF India – A case study

An initiative of Indian Government for Open Defecation Free (ODF) country is initiated under Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan (SBA) (Clean India Mission). An affordable toilet unit can cut down the cost implications of this high budget flagship programme. Conventional materials and techniques may not alter the cost, time and other parameters of the project. Therefore, quest for new and sustainable construction is the need of the hour. Thermal power plants, cement, iron and steel industries continue to be the polluters of environment and cause for climate change. Industrial wastes disposal and depletion of raw materials of cement industry are potential issues of concern for researchers around the globe. A zero-Portland cement using Fly Ash (FA) and Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBFS) can be a one-step sustainable solution for prevailing industrial problems. This article presents a case study on low cost geopolymer modular toilet unit for ODF India. It is the first time in India that the modular toilet unit is cast with Geopolymer Concrete (GPC) incorporating the Industrial wastes which enables easy and quick installation and provide the solution to the issue of waste disposal. It is fitted with mechanical self-cleansing system with regular, unintended, automatic and compulsory flushing with optimised quantity of water immediately after use. The GPC toilet unit has also shown the improved performance and functional properties over the conventional toilet unit in terms of embodied energy, GHG, land area, cost and material saving. This successful sustainable attempt can be scaled up to other concreting practices of construction and infrastructure industry, as a part or whole.

The Outbreaks of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome in Uttar Pradesh, India (1978-2020) and Its Effective Management: A Remarkable Public Health Success Story.

IntroductionAcute encephalitis syndrome (AES) is a major public health enigma in India and the world. Uttar Pradesh (UP) is witnessing recurrent and extensive seasonal AES outbreaks since 1978. Government of India and UP state government have devised various mitigation measures to reduce AES burden and AES associated mortality, morbidity and disability in Uttar Pradesh. The aim of this study was to describe the public health measures taken in order to control seasonal outbreaks of AES in UP between 1978 and 2020.MethodsWe used literature review as a method of analysis, including the Indian government policy documents. This review utilized search engines such as PubMed, Google Scholar, Research Gate, Cochrane, Medline to retrieve articles and information using strategic keywords related to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome. Data was also collected from progress reports of government schemes and websites of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) and Integrated Disease Surveillance Programmes (IDSP).ResultsThe incidence of AES cases in UP have declined from 18.2 per million population during 2005-2009 to 15 per million population during 2015-2019 [CI 12.6–20.6, P-value < 0.001] and case fatality rate (CFR) reduced from 33% during 1980-1984 to 12.6% during 2015-2019 [CI 17.4–30.98, P-value < 0.001]. AES incidence was 9 (2019) and 7 (2020) cases per million populations respectively and CFR was 5.8% (2019) and 5% (2020). This decline was likely due to active surveillance programs identifying aetiological agents and risk factors of AES cases. The identified etiologies of AES include Japanese encephalitis virus (5–20%), Enterovirus (0.1–33%), Orientia tsutsugamushi (45–60%) and other viral (0.2–4.2%), bacterial (0–5%) and Rickettsial (0.5–2%) causes. The aggressive immunization programs against Japanese encephalitis with vaccination coverage of 72.3% in UP helped in declining of JE cases in the region. The presumptive treatment of febrile cases with empirical Doxycycline and Azithromycin (EDA) caused decline in Scrub Typhus-AES cases. Decrease in incidence of vector borne diseases (Malaria, Dengue, Japanese Encephalitis and Kala Azar) i.e., 39.6/100,000 population in 2010 to 18/100,000 population in 2017 is highlighting the impact of vector control interventions. Strengthening healthcare infrastructure in BRD medical college and establishment of Encephalitis Treatment Centre (ETC) at peripheral health centres and emergency ambulance services (Dial 108) reduced the referral time and helped in early treatment and management of AES cases. The AES admissions increased at ETC centres to 60% and overall case fatality rate of AES declined to 3%. Under clean India mission and Jal Jeevan mission, proportion of population with clean drinking water increased from 74.3% in 1992 to 98.7% in 2020. The proportion of household having toilet facilities increased from 22.9% in 1992 to 67.4% in 2020. Provisions for better nutritional status under state and national nutrition mission helped in reducing the burden of stunting (52%) and wasting (53.4%) among under five children in 1992 to 38.8% (stunting) and 36.8% (wasting) in year 2018. These factors have all likely contributed to steady AES decline observed in UP.ConclusionThere is a recent steady decline in AES incidence and CFR since implementation of intensive AES surveillance system and JE immunization campaigns which is highlighting the success of interventions made by central and state government to control seasonal AES outbreaks in UP. Currently, AES incidence is 9 cases per million population (in year 2019) and mortality is 5.8%.

Biologicalutilization Of Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) FOR Production Of Value Added Products

Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) is an invasive variety of free – buoyant plant, its suffocate water bodies in tropical areas. In the river, Water hyacinth causes an effect on human health so, as to prevent or reduce this plant build up in the river, we have to overcome this issue in a commercial and economic means. So, we have to maintain the clean India movement and Green India dogma one step ahead to clean Rivers and make them free from Water hyacinth. This also helps to conserve the river ecosystem. And for that, we should also have an idea about the characteristics and constituents of Water hyacinth. Its capacity for growth and dissemination provokes major protection of the problems and is an emerging environmental issue Water hyacinth motivated this article. The assessment of this review study is to recycle the Waterhyacinth biomass for the production of biogas, biofertilizer, biostimulants etc., by using feasible technologies to promoting „ecofriendly organic farming practices for the betterment of our farmers. At the outset, the potential impact of this review is to shed new light on the better use of feebly studied Water hyacinth for the enhancement of agriculture production through organic farming. This gives invaluable products like biogas, biofertilizers, and uses like biostimulants, phyto-remediation and medicinal uses as discussed in this study.

Garbage Collector Machine with Instant Reward

Now a days, waste management is becoming a big issue. Due to improper waste disposal and management, society is facing environmental contamination problems which affects directly on human beings. Garbage separation is also a difficult task for the workers. People are not aware of these problems and do not dispose the garbage at proper places which leads to garbage accumulation at public places. So, to encourage people for proper garbage disposal this paper deals with the concept which will provide platform to dispose of waste in a more scientific and user-friendly. In return they will be rewarded in a cashless manner through means of digital payments and free coupons etc. The nature(wet or dry) and weight of garbage disposed in the machine will be sensed for segregating it in two section. The user will be rewarded according to the weight of garbage. Flow of the operations will be programmed in Arduino Uno micro-controller, sensors and GSM technology. This system leads to collection and segregation of waste at one place, for effective recycling and to reduce environmental. Also this will helps us to contribute in Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan scheme launched by the government of India.

Evidence-Based Health Behavior Interventions for Cholera: Lessons from an Outbreak Investigation in India.

In rural India, since 2014, the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Mission) has ensured construction of more than 100 million toilets and is now focusing on reinforcement of sanitation behaviors. We report a cholera outbreak in a remote village in western India where open defecation was implicated in causation. A water pipeline was damaged in the vicinity of a stream flowing from a site of open defecation. Despite the availability of a toilet facility in the majority of households (75%), open defecation was widely practiced (62.8%). Many reported not washing hands with soap and water before eating (78.5%) and after defecation (61.1%). The study emphasizes the need for focused health behavior studies and evidence-based interventions to reduce the occurrence of cholera outbreaks. This could be the last lap in the path toward achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6, which aims to "ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all."

Household sanitation and menstrual hygiene management among women: Evidence from household survey under Swachh Bharat (Clean India) Mission in rural Odisha, India.

Introduction:Discussion on women empowerment without addressing their basic needs would be meaningless. As such, the needs of women and girls have been prioritized in global sanitation efforts including menstrual hygiene. However, there is little research on existing approaches on menstrual management. India’s most ambitious sanitation campaign named Swachh Bharat Mission or “Clean India Mission” aimed to achieve universal sanitation coverage in every single household, targeted to end open defecation by October 02, 2019. This study aimed to assess the women’s perception of household sanitation facilities and menstrual hygiene management experience in Odisha under Swachh Bharat Mission.Methods:The study is a community-based survey having cross-sectional in nature conducted among 700 rural women and girls aged 15–45 years in the Balesore district of Odisha state in India from January to April 2021. A multi-stage sampling method was adopted to select the study participants. Data was collected using a pretested questionnaire based on the Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 survey questionnaire and analyzed by SPSS version 25. Descriptive statistics was used to assess the household sanitation and menstrual hygiene management experience among women.Results:More than two-thirds (68.4%) of rural households use improved sanitation facilities. Around 30% of families have inadequate sanitation infrastructure, which means at least one household member defecates in the open space. Nearly 64.6% disposed of their menstrual absorbents in the bush or field, while 29.1% disposed in the river and 24.1% in the waste bin. Still, 40.6% of women were using clothes as menstrual absorbents, and 54.9% of the respondents reported washing their menstrual materials for re-use. Of those who washed and re-used, 99.2% said their re-use material was completely dry before re-use. About 69.7% of the respondents mentioned that they change their menstrual absorbents in sleeping areas at home. About 91% of the respondents reported that the place where they changed their menstrual absorbents was safe, clean, and private. Only 22.5% of women responded to having water and soap at their menstruation management area.Conclusion:The effort for improvements in sanitary techniques during menstruation is partly effective in creating healthy behavior. The current strategy for developing programs to adopt menstrual hygiene measures needs a bottom-up approach with women at the center. Components associated with menstrual hygiene management, such as women’s cleanliness, water supply, and the availability and accessibility of disposable sanitary napkins, should be given specific attention. It is essential to acknowledge the issues like toilet construction and behavior change communication to consolidate the gains in an era of “Clean India Mission.”

Swatch Bharath Mission Impact on high School Students

The honorable Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi had launched a mass campaign ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ on 2nd October 2014. The campaign was launched with an aim to make India and especially its rural areas completely open defecation free (ODF) by the 150th birth anniversary of great Mahatma Gandhi falling on 2nd October 2019. The main reason behind launching the campaign was to realize the vision of Mahatma Gandhi of making India the cleanest country in the world. The Prime Minister himself started the cleanliness drive by picking up the broom and cleaning the streets and dirty places nearby. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is such an initiative, in which the participation for every individual is equally and very important. Although the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan needs the co-operation of every Indian yet the co-operation of the students of India plays the most important role in making the campaign truly successful. We are describing here few points to elaborate the role of students in Swachh Bharat Abhiyan/Clean India Campaign: The present study was conducted to know the impact of swatch bharath mission on high school students of Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh. So, the present study is aimed at finding the impact of swatch bharath mission on high school students of Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh in relating to their demographical variable like gender, class, locality, type of school, medium, religion, category, parent’s income, parents occupation, parents education and type of family. Randomly 9 high schools the rural and urban area of Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh. The sample size is 630. The investigator adopted interview method to study the present research topic. For the present study the investigator used the tool with Persona standardized l Data Sheet, Impact of swatch breath mission on high school students constructed and validated by the investigator. Percentage analysis, Mean, Standard deviation and t – test statistical techniques were used for Analysis and Interpretation. It is found that there is a significant impact among high school students of kurnool district on swatch bharath abhiyan. There is no significant difference between boys and girl student but there is a significant difference between urban and rural students and the urban students are having good awareness on swatch bharath abhiyan. It is also found that there is significant impact of swatch bharath on demographical variables like class, type of school, medium, Religion, category and type of family. There is no significant difference related to parent’s income, parent’s qualification and their education.

Societal Awareness towards Activities related to Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan: A Cross Sectional Study

Sanitation and cleanliness are the two major extremities that supports Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA) is a ruthless project and has been successful in bringing a difference at the facility and infrastructure level, and the objectives of this programme can be achieved if people are aware of this mission and basic sanitation, cleanliness and waste management practices and how these put impact on health. This cross-sectional study evaluated the awareness of selected society toward SBA and its association with the socio-demographic variables through closed-ended questionnaires. The study was conducted across 251 individuals with an age of above 18 years from different areas of Punjab and its villages. The major respondents of the study are taken persons living BPL, marginalised people and untouched segment of the society as Sewer Man, Rag Picker, Rehri Wala, Labourer, Guards, House Maids, Sweepers, Gardener etc. Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis was done using the frequencies distribution, mean score with rank correlation and chi-square test with the SPSS 21.0 software. It can be concluded that participants are generally aware about SBA and they are also found aware about the different activities that are done under SBA. When the association was studied of SBA awareness and demographic variables of the respondents, it was found that there is no significant association sustain between SBA awareness and demographic variables like age, gender, educational qualification and residential status.

A study of solid waste management and need of re-framing the curriculum of education: An overview of Muzaffarnagar city (UP)

The spread of hazardous, non-biodegradable solid waste is one of the most unhealthy, uncontrolled, and anti-nature activities of human, which is now appearing as plethora of problems. Under the second phase of ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ NITI Aayog has initiated a scheme of ‘Cleaning up Our Cities’ in the year 2019, with proper monitoring and ranking of areas for improving sanitation, cleanliness and hygiene all over the country. This paper is an attempt to survey the actual scenario of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan phase 2 in city Muzaffarnagar along with the study of need of major changes to re-frame our curriculum as according to the needs of the hour. The proposed study is an analytical survey research based on primary as well as secondary data. To fulfil its objectives the researcher has developed a questionnaire on topic “Clean India Mission: An Overview in Muzaffarnagar City.” to collect the primary data and analysed New National Education Policy 2020 as secondary data of this study. A sample of hundred residents covering various areas of Muzaffarnagar city was selected by random sampling technique. The study concludes that the general awareness regarding solid waste management in the city is not highly satisfactory, showing the lethargies of both local municipal board as well as public, towards the problem How a city with an average of 65% aware people can achieve the target on clean India mission with in time. The study suggests that local bodies should initiate some awareness campaign in collaboration with schools to increase general awareness among masses and there is an urgent need of re-framing of curriculum in new national education policy to make these habits by default.