Members of panchayati raj institutions (PRI), NGO activists and concerned Government officials participated in an interaction prgramme to iron out shortcomings in the implementation of various projects under the Nirmal Bharat Abhijan (NBA) here on Friday.
The NBA, a Central programme, is being implemented in the State to upgrade the living standards of the people by developing sanitation and health and hygiene standards. The project is set to be completed by 2022.
‘Solar’, a reputed NGO of the State, organised the programme. Speaking on the occasion, Puri PD DRDA Sanatan Mallick focused on the necessity to simplify work procedures to achieve the goal by 2022. Honourary secretary of the Red Cross, Odisha Branch, Mangala Prasad Mohanty emphasised on the need for concerted efforts between the concerned Government departments, PRI members and the NGOs to get positive results.
Among others, RWSS Executive Engineer Ananta Charan Nayak, environmentalist Jagannath Bastia, WATASAN mission’s State consultant Shikha Nayak, OXFAM India’s Animesh Prakash, WASH consultant RN Mullick and District Emergency Officer PK Dash spoke.
A Statewide network ‘Odisha WASH Mission Forum’ was constituted to address the WASH related issues on the occasion. ‘Solar’ secretary Harish Chandra Dash presented a brief report on the NBA while programme coordinator CR Parida conducted the programme.