Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 14: To promote cleanliness of villages with the participation of community members, PRIs and all other stakeholders a “Sarpanch Samvaad” on Swachhata was organised by Directorate of Rural Sanitation, J&K today.
Director, Rural Sanitation, J&K Charandeep Singh, interacted with the Sarpanches. The Samvaad was attended by Sarpanches of Jammu, Udhampur, Reasi, Kathua & Rajouri district. The Block Development officers of the respective Panchayats also attended the Samvaad on Swachh Bharat Mission-Grameen. The Samvaad started with the sharing of video on Swachhta hi Seva followed by interaction with the Sarpanches.
The Director, Rural Sanitation, while interacting with Sarpanches, had a detailed discussion on various verticals of Swachh Bharat Mission-Grameen, Solid Waste Management, Grey water Management, Black Water Management, Installation of Bio Gas Plants, Capacity Building of various stake holders to maintain cleanliness in the Blocks, Panchayats & villages. He stated that we all have to understand the relevance of the scheme and see our role viz-a-viz its accomplishment and also stressed upon doing the team work with the PRIs for maintaining the cleanliness of the villages.
The Director further explained in detail that how a village is declared as ODF Plus and revealed that more than 4000 villages have already been declared as ODF Plus in the UT. He emphasized that on one hand we need to focus on behavioral change of the people regarding cleanliness at community level and individual level and on the other hand lay stress on construction of assets and infrastructure, technical knowledge, human resource deployment.Further the Director, Rural Sanitation interacted with the Sarpanches and discussed on various proposals of the Department in detail and emphasized that the Solid Waste Management is the top priority of the Government now a days and also appreciated the efforts being done by various Sarpanches towards the cleanliness and assured that the department will extend its full cooperation for making the arrangements of Solid Waste Management, Liquid Waste Management etc.
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