Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu calls for people’s participation to make cleanliness a social movement
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has called for a state-wide social movement to improve sanitation and cleanliness. The initiative includes government awards for various sectors and a focus on waste-to-energy projects and sustainable development.
Why it matters
This reflects a policy push toward decentralized sanitation management and environmental sustainability in Andhra Pradesh.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Friday called for participation of the five-crore people in making cleanliness a social movement, saying sanitation was not merely the responsibility of the government.
Addressing the Swarnandhra-Swachhandhra Awards-2026 programme here on Gandhi Jayanti, Mr. Naidu said Mahatma Gandhi had demonstrated that cleanliness was essential for public health and social well-being.
He said the State had been observing the Swarnandhra-Swachhandhra programme on the third Saturday of every month and claimed that visible changes were noticed across the State over the past two years.
The Chief Minister said 130 State-level and 2,044 district-level awards were being presented in 22 categories to encourage municipalities, gram panchayats, schools, hospitals, bus stations, industries, sanitation workers and green ambassadors.
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