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Preface
acilitating a silent revolution towards and techniques, the preraks, recruited, trained
F an open defecation free India, the and deployed by the Tata Trusts as part of its
partnership with the Ministry of Drinking
Zila Swachh Bharat Prerak (ZSBP)
programme is expanding its coverage Water & Sanitation (MoDWS), had to convince
to more towns and villages. villagers to abandon age-old habits of defecating
The foot soldiers of the programme, in the open and start building and using toilets.
the preraks of the Swachh Bharat Mission – Given the cultural milieu in which
Gramin (SBM-G), have now made 434 districts the preraks operated, each used a different
of India open defecation free, with the numbers approach to achieve the intended result,
rising every day. spreading awareness about hygiene and
This issue of Zila Swachh Bharat Prerak – sanitation and making their villages open
India’s New Sanitation Warriors brings you the defecation free.
success stories of Maitree Ganguli, Pooja Gupta, The accounts of the four preraks in this
Sandeep Dungdung and Soumit Mishra. They edition of Zila Swachh Bharat Prerak – India’s
have brought about a massive mindset change in New Sanitation Warriors serves as an invitation
Jharkand’s Bokaro and Latehar districts, Punjab’s to more qualified youth to join this unique
Gurdaspur district and in the state of Odisha. movement and take the nation closer to the
Using available resources and novel ideas vision of a clean India.
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