Ever since Narendra Modi became India’s Prime Minister, his most famous and successful initiative has been the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’. And it seems like PM Modi and his incredible movement has now found a fan in, none other than, Bill Gates. 

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Bill Gates is already known for his dedication towards working on the ‘World’s Sanitation Challenge’ and now has also expressed his love and appreciation for India ‘Swachh Bharat’ initiative. He praised PM Modi for having an open discussion over the unavoidable issue of human waste and actually coming up with a solution for that. 

Indian Prime Minister @narendramodi put a spotlight on a subject that most of us would rather not even think about: https://t.co/oUX40Igi6G pic.twitter.com/mJnCwhbo4U

On his blog, gatesnotes.com, Gates wrote a detailed and elaborate note on the same topic. 

He wrote,"Nearly three years ago, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made one of the boldest comments on public health that I have ever heard from an elected official...I can't think of another time when a national leader has broached such a sensitive topic so frankly and so publicly."

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The main aim behind the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ is to put an end to open defecation all over the country by the year 2019 and this would be achieved by installation of 75 million toilets throughout India. Along with that, random littering in the streets would also be taken care of. 

Lauding Modi for actually translating his words into action, Gates said,"Even better, Modi backed up his words with actions...What I love most about Clean India is that it identified a big problem, got everyone working on it, and is using measurement to show where things need to be done differently."

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Gates even brought out statistics to show the improvement. He wrote,”So far, the progress is impressive. In 2014, when Clean India began, just 42 percent of Indians had access to proper sanitation. Today 63 percent do.Today, more than 30 percent of Indian villages have been declared free of open defecation, up from 8 percent in 2015.”

Recently, when Gates visited India, he shot a virtual reality video, which he called ‘Talking Toilets’. You can watch it here.