Swachh Bharat Helped Meet UN Goals: PM

Modi receives the Global Goalkeeper award by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for the mission

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, honoured with the “Global Goalkeeper” award by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, has said the cleanliness campaign played a critical role in helping achieve UN goals and targets.

“Getting the award in the year of Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary is personally significant for me. When 130 crore people take a pledge, any challenge can be overcome,” he said accepting the award here on Tuesday night.

Not just numbers

Mr. Modi said the success of Swachh Bharat was above and beyond any statistics.