‘Clean India’ drive takes off amidst hope and scepticism 14 Photos . Updated: 02 Oct 2014, 02:39 PM IST Livemint PM Narendra Modi launched the five-year 'Swachh Bharat Mission' on Gandhi Jayanti in New Delhi. While many ministers and government officials were seen taking part in the cleanliness drive, the mounds of rubbish indicate it is a long road ahead. 1/14Prime Minister Narendra Modi sweeping the dirt away at Valmiki Basti in New Delhi. PIB 2/14Railway tracks being washed on Gandhi Jayanti at the New Delhi railway station. Ramesh Pathania/Mint 3/14New Delhi railway station platform being cleaned with automatic cleaners. Ramesh Pathania/Mint 4/14Yet another look at the New Delhi railway station even after the sweeping and the cleaning. Ramesh Pathania/ Mint 5/14A man cleaning as people walk past him near Mandavali in East Delhi. Priyanka Parashar/Mint 6/14Others not so keen on participating in the Swachh bharat mission. AP 7/14Garbage on the road in Delhi. Priyanka Parashar/Mint 8/14A man cleans the escalator at the metro station at Mayur Vihar in Delhi. Ramesh Pathania/Mint 9/14Pledge being taken for cleaning drive at a school in Delhi. Priyanka Parashar/Mint 10/14Students clean their school and classrooms as part of the cleanliness drive. Priyanka Parashar/Mint 11/14Volunteers cleaning and painting footpath at M G Road in Bangalore. Hemant Mishra/Mint 12/14Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states E.S.L Narasimhan (left) and his wife clean windows at the Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad on October 2, 2014. AFP 13/14A railway track in Mumbai on 2 October 2014. AP 14/14Rahul Sinha, President, BJP, West Bengal along with other BJP workers in Kolkata. Indranil Bhoumik/Mint