Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tribute to Chhattisgarh’s Kunwar Bai, a social activist who has single-handedly worked towards cleaning her state.
“Kunwar Bai, who died earlier this year at the age of 106. Hailing from Chhattisgarh, she sold her goats in order to build toilets. Her contribution towards a Swachh Bharat can never be forgotten. I am deeply inspired by her noble gesture,” the PM tweeted, and shared a video of the same.
When Kunwar Bai was 105 years old, she built a toilet in her village by selling off her goats.
She was chosen as the 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' mascot. Prime Minister Modi will felicitate Kunwar Bai at a function in the national capital to mark `Swachhta Diwas' on September 17. During the event, she was felicitated by Modi.
Modi had in February touched her feet during a rally in Rajnandgaon. PM Modi who was in Chhattisgarh to launch the ambitious Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban (rural-urban) Mission, felicitated Kunwar Bai from Kotabharri village of Dhamtari and then touched her feet to seek blessings.
Kunwar Bai had sold-off her 8-10 goats to build two toilets at her home. Subsequently, she started showing other villagers the toilets at her home while informing them about its importance.
PM Modi is expected to visit Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu to mark the expansion of 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' movement.
"Tomorrow’s programme in Jhunjhunu will also mark the expansion of the #BetiBachaoBetiPadhao movement. From 161 districts, the movement will transform lives across 640 districts. This will usher in a positive change in the lives of several girls and their families," PM Modi tweeted on Wednesday.
He will be in Rajasthan to mark the 'National Nutrition Mission'. The National Nutrition Mission is a landmark initiative that seeks to reduce under-nutrition and low birth weight, bring down anaemia among young children, women and adolescent girls and to reduce the prevalence of stunting among children.
