"You will be amazed to learn that Tushar, an eight year old differently - abled, Divyang lad from Madhya Pradesh had taken a firm resolve to make his village Open defecation free," Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the nation in his Mann Ki Baat address
"It was a young boy vis-a-vis an enormous task at hand. But his grit and determination were exponentially greater and mightier," PM Modi talked. Tushar is eight year old and is speech impaired but uses whistle as an armament.
To make his village free from open defecation, Tushar would woke up at 5 in the morning, awaken the villagers one by one and wean them away from Open defecation.
Now his village is free from open defecation. Thanks to the efforts of Tushar who spread the message of cleanliness by visiting 30 to 40 houses every day.
"This proves that cleanliness suffers from no barriers of age; there are no boundaries. A child or an elderly person, a woman or a man, everyone needs cleanliness. And everyone should contribute towards the cause of cleanliness. Our Divyang brothers and sisters are firm in their resolve; they are competent, capable, courageous and determined, PM Modi said."