State Chief Secretary Anthony DeSa here on Wednesday had the widest appreciation for the cleanliness campaign of Indore district adding that the State Government will replicate Indore model of cleanliness campaign in other districts of Madhya Pradesh.
While visiting Ushapura village of Indore district, DeSa said he had heard a lot about the cleanliness campaign of Indore district but today he saw it for himself and literally very much impressed with the cleanliness campaign of the district.
Accompanied by large number of senior district officials the State Chief Secretary inspected all the works carried out in the village under the ongoing cleanliness campaign and also took stock of the cleanliness works from the villagers.
While addressing a program at Ushapura village, DeSa hailed all the people, public representatives, members of the vigilance team, officials and villagers associated with the cleanliness campaign of the district administration. He hoped that Indore district would soon set an example in the whole state by becoming an open defecation free district.
Ushapura village having a population of 2,000 has a total of 412 houses. In the past three months, with counseling given by the district officials about dangers of open defecation and benefits of latrins, all the villagers have constructed latrines in their houses in the past three months. Collector P Narhari, briefing the Chief Secretary about the cleanliness campaign started in the district on September 1, said the campaign is in its final stage and soon Indore would become the first total sanitation and clean district in the whole of MP.