Secretary, Department of Water and Sanitation, Aradhana Patnaik highlighted the achievements and discussed elaborately about the projects undertaken here in Jharkhand during the sanitation programmes and campaigns to give thrust to the national campaign Swacch Bharat Abhiyaan (SBA). Patnaik represented Jharkhand at the Mahatma Gandhi International Hygiene Conference organised in New Delhi on Sunday.
While addressing the gathering, Patnaik stated that the Government of Jharkhand (GoJ) gave training to woman masons (Rani Mistry) to construct toilets and with their sheer dedication, the State has achieved its target as quite a number of districts of Jharkhand have been conferred the Open Defecation Free (ODF) tag. According to Patnaik, 36.12 lakh toilets have been constructed in Jharkhand. More than 100 delegates from 68 countries attended the event.
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi during his radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’ in February 2018 had appreciated the efforts of the State in involving women workforce with the ambitious SBA project.