Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu calls for people’s participation to make cleanliness a social movement

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu during the Swarnandhra-Swachhandhra Awards-2026 programme in Vijayawada on Friday.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Friday called for participation of the five-crore people in making cleanliness a social movement, saying sanitation was not merely the responsibility of the government.

Addressing the Swarnandhra-Swachhandhra Awards-2026 programme here on Gandhi Jayanti, Mr. Naidu said Mahatma Gandhi had demonstrated that cleanliness was essential for public health and social well-being.

He said the State had been observing the Swarnandhra-Swachhandhra programme on the third Saturday of every month and claimed that visible changes were noticed across the State over the past two years.