Defence Minister Nirmala Satharaman today formally launched 'Swachhata Hi Sewa' campaign at Delhi Cantonment. Speaking on the occasion, Ms Sitharaman appealed to every resident of the Cantonment to actively participate in the campaign.She said, Prime Minister Narendra Modi started this campaign on 2nd of October, 2014 to realise the dream of Mahatma Gandhi of cleaner and healthier India, by 2019.<br/><br/> She informed that her Ministry has allocated 50 crore rupees to Cantonment Boards for cleaning activities, waste management and construction of toilets. She also complimented Cantonment Boards for overall sanitation at their properties and lauded their efforts for going full throttle during the 'Swachhata Hi Sewa' campaign.<br/><br/>The Defence Minister also flagged off 11 Solid Waste Management vehicles and seven special auto rickshaws for door to door collection of wastes. Speaking on the occasion, Defence Secretary Sanjay Mitra highlighted the importance of segregation of wastes at individual household level and to strengthen door to door collection of municipal waste in segregated form. <br/><br/>Director General, Defence Estates Jojneswar Sharma stated that Cantonment Boards across the country are working on mission mode to make the campaign a great success. He stated that out of 62 Cantonments, 27 have already been declared open defecation free. The campaign is in full swing in the Ministry from 15th of this month and will continue till 2nd of October.