It is a bit of sloganism ...

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It is a bit of sloganism right now. The main problem I see in it is lack of prioritization. 1. Sanitation is an acute problem in Urban India. Rural India has got a bit of nature cycle going (well, you know what I mean) and there is no dearth of open spaces. The priority for the next 5 years should be urban India. 2. Coming to Urban India, the main issue is lack of drainage system - which will come at a huge investment. As our cities simply dump everything into the rivers and there is no urban planning mechanism used as such. Al our river cleaning projects have consumed thousands of Crores of Rupees but results are dismal. That is again due to lack of clarity on 'what needs to be done'. There is a rethink required on this but most of the government bodies as well as others seem to have fallen into a rut of 'just do something' thinking. So, I think it will not have much of an impact because it lacks basic foundational thinking on what exactly needs to be done and in what order of priority. I just see photo ops backed by general confusion about the strategy