Divya Govindarajan
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The Swachh Bharat campaign of 1863. On 29 June 1877, as much of south and south-western India were being ravaged by a terrible famine that would ultimately kill millions, a letter to the editor was published in The Illustrated London News.
The letter talked about the situation of irrigation in the Madras Presidency in great detail. “... first let us observe that there are four districts at this time which ought to have been like the other 12, overwhelmed by this terrible calamity, but three of which are not only free from famine themselves, but are in the highest state of prosperity, having a large surplus to supply the other districts; and the fourth, though not entirely relieved from famine, yet has a very considerable supply of grain.” The reason for this, the letter writer said, were government irrigation works. “The three districts, Tanjore, Godavari and Kistnah, instead of adding five millions more to starve, are pouring into the starving districts hundreds of thousands of tonnes of food.” “Nightingale’s efforts,” I.
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