Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister Chandra Prakash Chaudhary claimed that the State was ahead of targets given under ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ to the State. “We are heading as per the targets given to us. Till date 186 gram panchayats have been made ODF and we are also in the process to make five districts complete ODF by 2017,” said the Minister addressing a press conference on Monday.
He also stressed that the State had secured first in uploading photos of the toilets that had reached 2.63 lakh moreover physical achievement was even higher with 3.11 lakh of personal toilets built under the mission.
During 2016-17, the Department has set a target to earn ODF tag for 75 more panchayats and cover five districts—namely Khunti, lohardaga, Jamtara, Koderma and Ramgarh—completely. Chaudhary also added that 26 projects under rural piped drinking water supply scheme had been completed while 75 more are ongoing during 2016-17 covering 2.44 lakh of population.