This international women’s day brought real happiness and smile on the women of village Bihadia of Indore Janpad area situated at 12 kms away from Indore city as now these women have not to go far flung forest areas and in fields for defecation.
The cemented latrine has been constructed by the Government in each and every house of the village where the majority people are of SC, ST and OBC category.CEO Janpad Panchayat Indore Deepak Rai told
‘The Pioneer’ that the construction of latrines is done under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyaan and maryada abhiyaan Madhya Pradesh for which the Government provides Rs 10,000 to the beneficiary for one latrine construction.
The open defecation led to various diseases including the dreaded polio virus survives on human waste in open fields and the flies’ carrier them to the residential areas.A fly can carry the polio virus from the human excretion to the 3 kms distance.
Major activities Covered under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan are,Construction of Individual HouseHold latrines for which the enhanced incentive for individual household latrine units has been extended to all Below Poverty line (BPl) Households and Above Poverty line Households (APl) restricted to SCs/STs, small andmarginal farmers, landless labourers with homestead, physically handicapped and women headed households.
Convergence with Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme for additional financial assistance.Provision of sanitation facilities in Government Schools and Anganwadis in Government buildings.
The expenditure of Rs 10000 for construction of each latrine is shouldered by both the state and Central Government. More than 3000 latrine has been constructed in 172 villages of Janpad Panchayat Indore in past 2 years.