She tours the country with a message of Clean India

  • | Tuesday | 19th March, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram: On October 2, 2018, a 52-year-old Coimbatore resident Sangeetha Sreedhar began a solo journey from India Gate in New Delhi with the objective of sharing the message of Clean India to all remote villages of the nation. I also assessed the public toilets and their numbers have increased along highways. India has been called ‘Rape Nation’, thanks to celebrated media reports. She also intended to use the trip to assess the situation of public toilets across the nation.Addressing reporters on Tuesday, she said that the journey has proved that India is not a dangerous country for women. I am looking forward to valuable inputs from interaction with residents on the importance of strength, moral and health,” she said.

Thiruvananthapuram: On October 2, 2018, a 52-year-old Coimbatore resident Sangeetha Sreedhar began a solo journey from India Gate in New Delhi with the objective of sharing the message of Clean India to all remote villages of the nation. On Tuesday, she reached the capital after covering around 44,500km and 300 cities.Sreedhar, a former e-government consultant of Oman, took such a long journey to prove that a woman can travel safely alone in India, contrary to media reports. She also intended to use the trip to assess the situation of public toilets across the nation.Addressing reporters on Tuesday, she said that the journey has proved that India is not a dangerous country for women. “I’ve covered all this distance and there was not one instance where I felt insecure. India has been called ‘Rape Nation’, thanks to celebrated media reports. Incidents involving crimes against women do happen, but it happens across the world and I’m sure the situation is much worse than that of India but they are not being projected,” she said.“I’ve spent 60% of the nights, sleeping inside my car across various parts of the country. I’ve met many men and women during the trip and not one person troubled me. I also assessed the public toilets and their numbers have increased along highways. But many were dirty and unavailability of water was an issue,” she added.She praised the capital for its cleanliness quotient.“I’ve always been an admirer of Malayalam culture and its healthy habits. I am looking forward to valuable inputs from interaction with residents on the importance of strength, moral and health,” she said.

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