Cleanliness drive was launched in different parts of the Kumaon division under the national cleanliness campaign here on Thursday.
District Magistrate, Bageshwar, BS Manral, and Bageshwar MlA, Chandan Ram Das launched the cleanliness drive by flagging off a rally comprising school children in Bageshwar on Thursday .
Speaking on the occasion, Manral, said that cleanliness is directly related to health. Only in a clean ambience, one can lead a healthy life. Unhealthy conditions begets diseases. Therefore, awareness amongst people about cleanliness is important. More so, we need to pay special attention to create awareness about sanitation and cleanliness in rural areas, he added.
Stressing the need to maintain cleanliness in and around the locality, MlA Das said that diseases can be kept at bay through maintaining cleanliness and norms of hygiene. So civic waste disposal in the right manner is vital, he added.Similar cleanliness campaigns were launched too in other districts of the Kumaon division, including Pithoragarh, Udham Singh Nagar, and Almora.
The district administration Pithoragarh also decided to pay special attention to equip rural segments of the district with basic services along with its urban areas. In a bid to provide basic civic services to all, as many as 79,749 toilets have already been completed in the rural areas across the district.
More so, 34,272 toilets will be constructed by 2019, said the Pithorgarh. district administration officials. Efforts are on to equip every house-hold in the district with basic facilities, maintained the officials.
The district administration, Pithoragarh, also emphasised on the need to create awareness among the people about importance of maintaining cleanliness. At the same time, the district administration Pithoragarh also directed the officials concerned to prepare a roadmap to provide basic facilities like drinking water and toilets in the schools across the district.Besides, it called upon the officials concerned to take necessary steps to ensure proper disposal of civic wastes.
Stressing the need to give maximum exposure to the importance of cleanliness by way of creating awareness among the people, the district administration Pithoragarh also asked the officials concerned to involve Aaganbari personnel, schools, different social organisations in the ongoing cleanliness campaign.