Prime Minister Narendra Modi will again felicitate 104-year-old Kunwar Bai Yadav, who sold her goats to build toilet at her house, at a function in New Delhi to mark `Swachhta Diwas' on September 17,2016
Kunwar Bai, a resident of Kotabharri village in Chhattisgarh, has also been chosen as mascot of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was so impressed by Kunwar Bai that he not only felicitated 104 years old woman, but also touched her feet during his visit to Dhamtari to Rurban Mission' February 2016
The story..
A 104-year-old woman Kunwar Bai from Kotabharri village of Chhattisgarh's Dhamtari district sold her goats for constructing toilets at her home inspired by the clean India mission advertisements and encouraged other villagers to construct toilets.
The occasion and how it unfolded..
She was not only felicitated by PM Modi for her efforts to make her village open defecation free, during the launch of 'Rurban Mission' in the state's Naxal-hit Rajandgaon district, but PM Modi bowed do to her, touching her feet in Feb 2016
A 104-year-old woman Kunwar Bai from Kotabharri village of Chhattisgarh's Dhamtari district sold her goats for constructing toilets at her home inspired by the clean India mission advertisements and encouraged other villagers to construct toilets.
The occasion and how it unfolded..
She was not only felicitated by PM Modi for her efforts to make her village open defecation free, during the launch of 'Rurban Mission' in the state's Naxal-hit Rajandgaon district, but PM Modi bowed do to her, touching her feet in Feb 2016
Kunwar Bai has been invited to Delhi where she will be felicitated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sulabh International, working for defecation free India, will present her Rs 2 lakh on cash.
She will be accompanied by her daughter Sushila, grandson Bidhram and village head Vatsala to her Delhi trip
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