Haryana Government has set a target to declare all 80 urban local bodies in the state as open defecation free by October 2 this year.
A team of Union Ministry of Urban Development led by Secretary, Rajiv Gauba met Haryana Chief Secretary DS Dhesi and other senior officers of the State Government here to review the implementation of various centrally-sponsored schemes including Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), Smart City and Swachh Bharat Mission, besides projects of Haryana Mass Rapid Transport Corporation.
During the meeting, it was informed that under the Swachh Bharat Mission, over one lakh applications were received for individual household toilets. Work has commenced on construction of 57,758 individual household toilets and has been completed on 20,918. Similarly, work has commenced on all 5,399 applications received for construction of community or public toilet, of which 1,639 have been completed.
It was also informed that 80 urban local bodies have been divided into 15 clusters for solid waste management. These include three for waste-to-energy and 12 for waste-to-compost.
About the progress of transportation projects, the Central team was apprised that two Metro projects, including Metro Projects at Ballabhgarh and Bahadurgarh, are presently being implemented. Similarly, other metro proposals including Metro connectivity from HUDA City Centre to Gurugram Railway Station/Sector 21, Dwarka, Narela to Kundli and metro connectivity between Faridabad and Gurugram, are under consideration.
After reviewing the implementation of various schemes, Gauba directed the senior officers of the State Government to accelerate the pace of implementation of these schemes.
He said that the Swachh Bharat Mission is the most important mission and the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi himself has been campaigning for this mission. He appreciated the State Government’s move to declare the state ODF by October 2.