Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Sunday said that a 10 per cent rebate in property tax would be given to every resident of those wards and colonies where income is generated by collecting garbage from each house under Solid Waste Management.
The Chief Minister while speaking at the State level function of ‘Swachchh Haryana-Swachchh Bharat’ programme in Karnal said that a sum of Rs1 lakh would be awarded to those villages and wards where every house has a toilet.
Similarly, municipalities, municipal councils and municipal corporations would be rewarded Rs5 lakh, Rs10 lakh and Rs20 lakh, respectively, he said.
Manohar lal added that toilets have been constructed in 83 per cent of houses in villages.
Dairies would be established in one place outside cities to maintain cleanliness. Similarly, ‘Nandi shalas’ are being set up for stray animals in every district, he said.
On the occasion, the Chief Minister directed Additional Chief Secretary, Development and Panchayats Department, Navraj Sandhu to set up a separate website in order to spread awareness regarding the Swachchhta Mission among people.
He also gave directions regarding the action plan to be formulated for the system to be created for 6,500 villages in the State. He added that provision of multi-purpose toilets would be made in the toilets to be constructed in Aanganwadi Centres.