Union Minister for Earth Sciences, Dr. Jitendra Singh on August 28 unveiled a dedicated Website to give further boost to the ongoing Coastal Clean-Up campaign.
- The portal www.swachhsagar.org will give a push to the cleaning mission.
- Besides, Dr. Singh also launched the Campaign Logo-Vasuki, dedicated to the youth of the country as they along with the school students are taking keen interest in joining the coastal and beach cleaning activities.
- The Coastal Clean-Up campaign has been designed on the model of whole of government approach and many ministries and departments are taking active part in it.
- The campaign was launched on 5th of July, 2022. So far more than 52,000 volunteers from 24 States have already registered for the campaign to raise awareness about Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar”, which will culminate on “International Coastal Clean-up Day” on 17th of September.