Chief Minister Raman Singh will make surprise visits to the villages of Rajnandgaon district and inspect the level of sanitation and cleanliness in the region. The Chief Minister informed this decision while addressing the concluding session of a one-day workshop on Swachchh Chhattisgarh-Swastha Chhattisgarh’ organised by the State Government in association with UNICEF and Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) here at Chhattisgarh Academy of Administration (CAA) .
Singh said that Rajnandgaon has been selected as a model of the workshop for making it free from open defecation but he will assess the situation of the district by surprise inspection of any village. He expressed dissatisfaction with hotels and shops of the city for disposing off garbage and waste on roads. Singh said that action should be taken against them and if they fail to change their attitude. “A board should be installed in front of their establishments displaying their names to make them feel embarrassed if they dump garbage on roads,” he said.
He said that for success of Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, each person will have to start from focussing on his own personal hygiene and change habits. The Chief Minister expressed satisfaction on participation of administration, officers, employees, people’s representatives, panchayat representatives, students and teachers in the cleanliness mission in Chhattisgarh.
Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Ajay Chandrakar said that the State Government is working for the past 10 years for ensuring cleanliness in the State. The State Government in 2005 implemented the mandatory ‘condition of sanitation’ for election of panchayat representative. The law was enforced to motivate people. Similarly, the first Food and Nutrition Security law was also introduced by Chhattisgarh.
Additional Chief Secretary and Director General of Chhattisgarh Academy of Administration DS Mishra welcomed the guests. Additional Chief Secretary – Panchayat and Rural Development MK Raut, Director of Chhattisgarh Academy of Administration MK Tyagi, IIPA Convener DP Tiwari, IIPA Chairman KK Sethi, former Chief Secretary SK Mishra, former Additional Chief Secretary Indira Mishra, CEOs of 14 Zila Panchayats of the State, and senior officers of public health engineering besides panchs, sarpanchs, Municipal Commissioners, and concerned officers were present on the occasion.