"Kamakhya will be a shining example of Swachta Abhiyan", says CM

After the inauguration of Swachta Abhiyan programme at the Kamakhya temple premises under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, on Tuesday, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said, “Kamakhya temple will become a prime example of cleanliness amongst all the ten iconic places chosen for the scheme all over the country.” He is hopeful of building a civil society along with the government which will achieve Gandhiji’s dream of a clean India and Assam will stand as an example of cleanliness and hygienic practices in the country. The target specific pilot project of Swachh Abhiyan will be carried out in ten iconic places from all over the country, primarily with religious and spiritual significance. The places which have been selected are and Kamakhya Temple in Assam, Vaishno Devi Temple in Jammu and Kashmir, Taj Mahal in Uttar Pradesh, Tirupati Temple in Andhra Pradesh, Golden Temple in Punjab, Ajmer Sharif in Rajasthan, Jagannath Temple in Orissa, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Maharashtra, Manikarnika Ghat in Uttar Pradesh, Meenakshi Temple in Tamil Nadu. A total of 100 such iconic places are planned for Swachta Abhiyan and after completion of scheme in the initial 10 places it will be rolled out to 90 such places. Sarbananda Sonowal while delivering his speech at the inauguration ceremony thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that Maa Kamakhya’s blessings would guide the team to make the humble initiative a success. He also laid emphasis on the fact that along with worshipping Maa Kamakhya, the devotees must take it as their solemn duty to keep the shrine clean to worship in truest sense of the term