National Monsoon Preparedness Campaign 2025
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) led the Safai Apnao, Bimaari Bhagao 2025 (SABB) campaign from July 1 to July 31, 2025, focusing on pre-monsoon cleanliness and public health preparedness across Indian cities. The campaign was built around six 'Swachhata Mantras': clean hands, homes, neighbourhoods, toilets, drains, and public spaces, translating into coordinated efforts to address waterlogging, waste accumulation, and sanitation risks during monsoon season.
Regional Implementation and Achievements
In Delhi, the campaign included a 3-km Pinkathon walkathon led by 400 NCC girl cadets promoting monsoon hygiene. The city conducted handwashing drives in 255 schools, 206 cleaning drives covering backlanes and garbage vulnerable points (GVPs), and 469 sanitation drives in community and public toilets.
Patna Municipal Corporation introduced innovative 'Manhole Ambulances' - six repurposed municipal vehicles (one per zone) equipped with prefabricated manhole covers and repair tools for immediate response during rains, linked to a central control room for real-time complaint resolution.
Navi Mumbai organized a Swachhata rally with over 600 participants including students, parents, and teachers, while simultaneously conducting health awareness camps across 26 Urban Primary Health Centres focusing on malaria and dengue prevention. Over two days, 52 health camps reached more than 22,690 citizens.
Telangana achieved significant scale with nearly 13 lakh households reached, 14,210 km of drains desilted, 4,343 km of roadside bushes cleared, and nearly 2.5 lakh houses covered through anti-dengue and malaria awareness drives. Health camps benefited over 8,500 frontline workers, and 140 composting pits were set up in schools.
Northeast Region Coordination
Across Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Assam, Sikkim, and Tripura, the campaign strengthened monsoon preparedness through collective action. Nagaland's urban local bodies engaged nearly 5,000 people through 60 cleanliness drives, 30 rainwater harvesting initiatives, and 40 post-monsoon awareness drives. Sikkim saw around 4,000 participants in 100 cleanliness and 100 post-monsoon drives, alongside awareness rallies and PET bottle shredding initiatives.
Assam focused on drain cleaning, garbage removal, SafaiMitra health check-ups, and waste segregation with approximately 5,500 people participating in 200 cleanliness and 40 rainwater harvesting activities supported by 160 organizations and NGOs. Tripura strengthened waste collection, segregation, and public toilet maintenance with 5,000 participants in 150 cleanliness and 30 rainwater harvesting drives.
Infrastructure and Community Engagement
Cities across Madhya Pradesh organized backlane cleaning drives with public participation, removing encroachments and cleaning drains to facilitate rainwater flow. Rewa Municipal Corporation extended efforts to front lanes across all wards, creating murals, wall paintings, and play equipment using 3Rs principles (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle), while incorporating educational elements like alphabets and multiplication tables.
Agra Municipal Corporation successfully cleaned and maintained nine backlanes across the city with participation from Urban Learning Internship Program (TULIP) trainees and local residents, demonstrating community involvement in sustaining public space upkeep.
Sanitation Worker Safety and Entrepreneurship
The campaign emphasized safer sanitation practices through the Safai Mitra Suraksha Challenge 2021, focusing on health education, safety equipment provision, worker welfare, and occupational risk reduction. Under Swachh Bharat Mission–Urban 2.0, MoHUA emphasized protective equipment, training, and safety awareness toward zero fatalities in sanitation work.
Chandigarh has prohibited hazardous manual sewer cleaning since 2018 and established an Emergency Response Sanitation Unit (ERSU) providing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), safety gear, and regular medical check-ups. In Assam, 83 of 96 Urban Local Bodies declared themselves SafaiMitra Surakshit Shehar in 2023, mapping 5,230 sanitation workers and organizing 92 health camps.
Maharashtra prepared 246 Master Trainers followed by training for 1,917 sanitation workers. Uttar Pradesh supported SafaiMitras by facilitating access to credit and livelihood opportunities, creating pathways toward sani-entrepreneurship. The program provided institutional credit opportunities, such as Jyotsna Dhabde in Bhopal who received a loan under Swachhta Udyami Yojana to purchase a sanitation vehicle.