The second quarterly review meeting on the Swachh Iconic Places (SIP), an initiative of Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation under Swachh Bharat Mission, was held today at Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine, in Katra, Jammu and Kashmir. Ten Swachh Iconic Places are already implementing action plans in phase one.
The meeting was attended by the Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, NN Vohra, Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation, Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of State, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State, J&K, Ajay Nanda, Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Parameswaran Iyer and senior officials from the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Urban Development, Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Culture, States, partnering PSUs and other local bodies.
On this occasion, Narendra Singh Tomar announced ten new Iconic places to be taken under the phase two of Swachh Iconic Places initiative. These ten new iconic places which are to be brought to a higher standard of swachhta and visitors amenities are Gangotri, Yamunotri, Mahakaleshwar Temple, Ujjain, Char Minar, Hyderabad, Church and Convent of St. Francis of Assissi, Goa, Adi Shankaracharya’s abode Kaladi in Ernakulam, Gomateshwar in Shravanbelgola, Baijnath Dham, Devghar, Gaya Tirth in Bihar and Somnath temple in Gujarat.