The district administration and the municipal corporation have taken up a challenge to make the town open defecation free by November 15 i.e. the establishment day of the State. This was decided after the video conferencing meeting held of district officials with Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma.
A special drive will be launched from August 25 to September 03 in the municipal area to achieve the target. In the video conferencing Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma took stock of the progress of Open Defection Free drive. She said that municipal council will have to make a team especially for this drive. The team will find out the number of houses in the town having no toilets so far and the number of residents who are still defecating in open. She has ordered to start door to door drive in the municipal area and to allot money to construct toilets in houses having no toilet yet.
Chief Secretary Verma also reviewed the progress of PM Awas Yojna. She directed the officials to immediately approve the list of deserving applicants and to release the first installment of the scheme to the beneficiaries.
After the video conferencing the deputy commissioner of Hazaribagh Ravi Shankar Shukla held a meeting with the officials of Hazaribagh Municipal Corporation. In this meeting DC said to launch a special drive from August 25 to September 03 and explained the detail draft of special drive. The special drive will be for three days in every ward of the municipal areas. Hazaribagh municipal council has 32 wards so far in the town.
The nodel officer of cleanliness drive Pranav Paul will monitor the whole drive of ODF in municipal area.