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Addressing the meeting Kumsi Sidisow, Parliamentary Secretary asked the department officials to work hard and sincerely to achieve the milestone of Open Defecation Free (ODF) status without fail by 2nd October’ 2018. He suggested for constitution of Circle Level Monitoring Committee involving Administrative Officers to verify the process of declaration of ODF Status.
The Chief Engineer (Sanitation) mooted the construction of Twin Pit Toilets in 60 Sub-Divisions to be implemented on experimental basis with immediate effect. He was advocating the appointment of active Nodal Officers to assist Executive Engineer in the districts for expediting ODF achievement. Further, he praised Tajum Panchayat of Bailijan Block in their initiative to convert human excreta into bio-gas.
While summing up the review, H.K. Shalla, IAS Commissioner (PHE & WS) urged to initiate the process to constitute Circle Level Monitoring Committee as desired by Parliamentary Secretary. He also asked Executive Engineers of the Divisions to appoint Block Level Motivators under their supervision to help expedite the SBM-(G) Programme on a mission mode. He also asked to submit the re-verification data regarding Defunct, Insanitary Toilets & Additional Households in each of the divisions on or before 19th July’ 2017 so that the balanced work can be accomplished based on these authentic data. He advised the Executive Engineers to advocate intensive IEC campaign to motivate the people to convert insanitary toilets into sanitary toilets themselves without waiting for Government Subsidy. He further advised the Zilla Swachh Bharat Preraks appointed in the districts by the Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation, Govt. of India, to utilize their services on districts specific problems and to assist the divisions on drawing roadmap to achieve ODF on time.