The habit of sanitation should be made a part of our daily lifestyle, said the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat while inaugurating a Gram Samriddhi evam Swachchta fortnight at a school in Vikasnagar on Sunday. CM said that sanitation should not be made an exercise of fifteen days only but it should be a continuous drive.
He said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken commitments like providing power to every household before May 01, 2018, Swachch Bharat and ‘Housing for All’ by the year 2022 under his vision of New India. He said that everyone should contribute towards preserving environment and reviving rivers. Rawat claimed that the State Government is doing every possible effort to meet the target of Swachch Bharat but it would be difficult to achieve without public participation.
He highlighted the need to inculcate sanitation in personal habit for the campaign to succeed. Making a fervent appeal to save girl child, the CM said that people should visit the household where a girl child is born and congratulate the family. Similarly a sapling must be planted by the family members on the birth of girl child; it would help in protection of environment and girl child, he said.
The CM flagged off a Gram Samridhi evam Swachchta Fortnight development Rath on the occasion. later he inspected the stalls of the Rural Development Department which showcased the items produced by the Self Help Groups and services provided by different Government and non Governmental agencies. The CM released ‘the beneficiary guidebook for Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, ‘Master document’, newsletter and Unati booklet of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme on the occasion. He also planted a sapling in the school campus.
The CM also handed over land deeds to the landless for construction of houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.
The local MlA Munna Singh Chauhan, Principal Secretary Rural development Manisha Panwar and Additional Secretary H C Semwal were also present on the occasion.