Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday said that he has decided to adopt a village and work on developing its infrastructure, a goal Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked all law-makers to embrace in his speech on Independence Day.
Tendulkar, 41, who is a Rajya Sabha member, shared this decision at a meeting with the Prime Minister, who later tweeted, “I am delighted to know that the sporting legend will adopt a village under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana.”
The sport icon was picked by Modi as one of nine nominees to help create awareness regarding the ‘Clean India’ campaign which was launched on October 2. Modi had tagged nine celebrities, including Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani, Tendulkar and film stars Salman Khan and Priyanka Chopra to take the initiative forward.
He asked them to nominate nine more people to join the campaign with a hope that the chain will continue.
Tendulkar also apprised Modi about his contribution to the ‘Swachchh Bharat initiative’ campaign. last week, Tendulkar had swept a part of Mumbai with his friends and posted the video on twitter. In response, Modi complimented him tweeting, “Great work @sachin_rt! Your dedicated efforts are a very strong source of support & encouragement for Swachchh Bharat Mission.”
In fact, since its launch the Clean India campaign has gained momentum in Mumbai with Maharashtra Governor Vidyasagar Rao too joining the mission. Modi tweeted: “A wonderful effort!”
In Hyderabad, joining the Swachchh Bharat campaign, Tennis star Sania Mirza cleaned the roads. She was nominated by Anil Ambani for the campaign. Ambani also invited eight others like Asian Games gold medallist boxer Mary Kom and film star Amitabh Bachchan to take the Swachchh Bharat campaign forward.
Sania has invited shooter Abhinav Bindra and filmmaker Sajid Khan to join the campaign, saying “let’s make India a clean country.”
Modi has also said that all lawmakers should adopt one village each by 2016, and another two by 2019, focusing on providing modern and better services and infrastructure.