In line with its ambitious ‘Swachh Haryana, Swachh Bharat’ campaign, Haryana Government has announced a new scheme of ‘Swaran Jayanti Award for Sanitation’ under which awards would be given to gram panchayats and wards of urban local bodies every month for maintaining sanitation.
The awards for the month of July will be given to best gram panchayats and wards on the occasion of Independence Day function on August 15 in the state.
Haryana Development and Panchayats Minister OP Dhankar on Tuesday said that this scheme would not only encourage the people to keep their villages and towns clean but would also create a healthy competition.
The award would carry `1 lakh for each gram panchayat and `50,000 for ward of Municipal Committee, `1 lakh for ward of Municipal Council and `2 lakh for ward of Municipal Corporation.
A monthly competition would also be held for overall cleanliness of public toilets and award money of `10,000 would be given for the most clean public toilet at the district level.
The application for the month of July 2016 would be submitted in the office of Executive Officer, Panchayat Samiti by July 28.