Elaborating on the role played by Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) in ensuring sanitation in the State UNICEF Delhi Office representative Frank Odhiambo said that this was a good programme though there were many fissures.
Frank advocated that NBA should be made universal scheme and State should not be asked to prepare their parallel sanitation programme. “In stead they should make efforts to bolster the NBA scheme,” frank advocated.
He was speaking at the inaugural function of the two-day workshop on for making strategies for NBA organised in run up to the World Water Day.
In the programme, Government representatives, UNICEF people from Jharkhand and representatives of panchayats contended that interdepartmental convergence was a must for effective implementation of the schemes related to water and sanitation including NBA.
Speaking at the inaugural function of the workshop namely ‘Communication Strategies for (NBA)’ Additional Chief Secretary of Drinking Water and Sanitation Department (DWSD) Sudhir Prasad opined that convergence of four departments viz. Health, Education, Water & Sanitation and Social welfare was a must for effective implementation of the schemes.
His views were also endorsed by the State UNICEF Chief Job Zachariah and Abu Bakar Siddique, Mission Director for NRHM.