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The Government on 13 June 2018 added 10 Swachchh Iconic Places (SIP) under phase III of its flagship programme, Swachchh Bharat Mission, which aims to make the country open-defecation and litter free by October 2019. Raghavendra Swamy Temple (Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh), Hazardwari Palac (Murshidabad, West Bengal), Brahma Sarovar Temple (Kurukshetra, Haryana), Vidur Kuti (Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh), Mana village (Chamoli, Uttarakhand) are among those which have been taken up under Phase III of the flagship project of Swachchh Iconic Places (SIP) of the Swachchh Bharat Mission, an official statement said. The others are Pangong Lake (Leh-Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir), Nagvasuki Temple (Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh), Ima Keithal/market (Imphal, Manipur), Sabarimala Temple (Kerala) and Kanvashram (Uttarakhand). These sites have joined the 20 iconic places selected under Phase I and II where special sanitation work is underway.