India, Oct. 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
On October 2, 2014, the Swachh Bharat Mission began with a simple idea: keep our surroundings clean. Avoid littering public spaces and make cleanliness a shared responsibility. What began with brooms, bins and citizen participation soon became a mass movement. Today, that movement is embracing a new generation of technology. Urban sanitation is becoming digital, sensor-enabled and electrified. Digital dashboards are making services easier to track. AI-powered robots are entering spaces too hazardous for workers. Electric vehicles are bringing cleaner mobility to waste collection. From the broom to the bot, technology is giving Swachhata a smarter edge - creating cleaner cities...