<p>Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh: President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday said cleanliness only will make India healthy and developed and appealed to the people to come forward and take a step in this direction.</p>.<p>Addressing the Safai Mitra Sammelan in Ujjain, Murmu also praised Madhya Pradesh's Indore city for remaining on top in the cleanliness survey for the seventh time in a row and Bhopal for being the cleanest state capital in the country.</p>.<p>"It gives me immense happiness to honour safai mitras (sanitation workers). Cleanliness only will make the country healthy and developed. By honouring safai mitras we are hounouring ourselves," she said.</p>.<p>Murmu appealed to the people to take a step forward for making the country "swachh, swasthya aur viksit" (clean, healthy and developed).</p>.Time has come to awaken public consciousness where respect for women is increased: President Droupadi Murmu.<p>The Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) has become a nationwide movement in the last 10 years and resulted in comprehensive changes in the country, she said.</p>.<p>The campaign raised awareness towards cleanliness among the people and their behaviour towards swachhata has changed a lot, the president said.</p>.<p>She also congratulated the government for making a provision of toilets for girl students in schools, which has resulted in raising their literacy level.</p>.<p>On the occasion, Murmu felicitated five safai mitras, including four women, and also laid the foundation stone for the Ujjain-Indore six-lane road, to be built at the cost of Rs 1,692 crore. </p>
<p>Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh: President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday said cleanliness only will make India healthy and developed and appealed to the people to come forward and take a step in this direction.</p>.<p>Addressing the Safai Mitra Sammelan in Ujjain, Murmu also praised Madhya Pradesh's Indore city for remaining on top in the cleanliness survey for the seventh time in a row and Bhopal for being the cleanest state capital in the country.</p>.<p>"It gives me immense happiness to honour safai mitras (sanitation workers). Cleanliness only will make the country healthy and developed. By honouring safai mitras we are hounouring ourselves," she said.</p>.<p>Murmu appealed to the people to take a step forward for making the country "swachh, swasthya aur viksit" (clean, healthy and developed).</p>.Time has come to awaken public consciousness where respect for women is increased: President Droupadi Murmu.<p>The Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) has become a nationwide movement in the last 10 years and resulted in comprehensive changes in the country, she said.</p>.<p>The campaign raised awareness towards cleanliness among the people and their behaviour towards swachhata has changed a lot, the president said.</p>.<p>She also congratulated the government for making a provision of toilets for girl students in schools, which has resulted in raising their literacy level.</p>.<p>On the occasion, Murmu felicitated five safai mitras, including four women, and also laid the foundation stone for the Ujjain-Indore six-lane road, to be built at the cost of Rs 1,692 crore. </p>