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Speaking on the occasion, Felix expressed deep gratitude to Sulabh International for choosing Hong village as pilot project for their maiden initiative in Arunachal. Amazed by the innovative approach adopted by Sulabh International, the Minister assured collaboration with all existing schemes for rural sanitation in Arunachal with Sulabh International. He further requested Sulabh to start phase wise cleaning of the unhygienic villages( by building international standard toilets for poor villagers under CSR schemes ) in Arunachal under their initiative of Sulabh International reach out programme for vulnerable and poor villagers.
Felix also sought Sulabh International’s expertise support in the form of periodical training to Sanitary officials of the state government so that they could make good use of their knowledge in making Arunachal Open Defecation Free state at the earliest. “I am confident that Sulabh International will transform Hong village from its dirtiest tag to the cleanest village and create a bench mark for future expansion in the field of toilets for all endeavours” Felix assertively said.
PHE & WS Minister appreciated the efforts of NGO HELPING HANDS in taking up the much required “clean Hong village project” in collaboration of Sulabh International and said that their initiatives will be remembered by the people of Arunachal Pradesh for a long time.