Question: Recently, Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister Narendra Singh Tomar announced the addition of 10 new important sites under the second phase of Clean India Mission. Which place is not included in the above question?
(a) Gangotri
(b) Yamunotri
(c) Golden Temple
(d) Vaijnath Dham
Ans: (c)
Related facts:-
- On April 25, 2017, the second quarterly review meeting on the Swachh Iconic Places (SIP), an initiative of Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation under Swachh Bharat Mission, was held at Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine, in Katra, Jammu and Kashmir.
- On this occasion, Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister Narendra Singh Tomar announced the addition of 10 new important sites under the second phase.
- The 10 important sites included in the second phase are: Gangotri, Yamunotri, Mahakaleshwar Temple (Ujjain), Charminar (Hyderabad), Church and Convent of St. Francis of Assisi (Goa), Adi Shankaracharya Residence (Kaladi Ernakulam), Gomateshwar, (Shravanabelagola ), Vaijnath Dham (Deodhar), Gaya Tirtha (Bihar) and Somnath Temple (Gujarat).
- It is important to note that 10 important places included in the first phase include Ajmer Sharif Dargah, CST (Mumbai), Golden Temple (Amritsar), Kamvi Temple (Assam), Manikarnika Ghat (Varanasi), Meenakshi Temple (Madurai), Shri Mata Vaishno Devi (Katra, Jammu and Kashmir) are Shri Jagannath Temple (Puri, Odisha), Taj Mahal (Agra) and Tirupati Mandir (Tirumala).
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