Raipur

Collector seeks civic bodies' help to make villages ODF

Staff Reporter
Collector P Dayanand has said that the administration needs extended cooperation from municipal bodies in achieving the aim of ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan.’
Mentioning about the deadline of October 15 for the construction of lavatories in all the urban units, the Collector expected the cooperation of peoples’ representatives in achieving the target.
He expressed pleasure as the Kanwatola village in Sahaspur-lohara has been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) and efforts are being made in Ranveerpur village also.Dayanand mentioned of motivating people to use lavatories. It was also said that ward 9 in Pipariya, ward 5 and 7 in Bodla, ward 8 & 11 in Sahaspur-lohara, ward 6, 8 & 9 in Pandatarai, ward 4, 6, 7 & 15 in Pandaria, ward 8, 13, 19, 22 and 23 have been targeted to be made ODF by August end. The Collector stressed for maintaining quality in the construction of lavatories.Additional Collector RD Diwan and Deputy Collector OP Kosariya were present in the meeting.