The Swajal will launch an awareness programme on water conservation and cleanliness under the national drinking water and sanitation campaign in Nainital district for a week from March 16.
In a bid to make the people aware of the importance of water conservation and sanitation, the weeklong awareness campaign would be taken to the block and village panchayat level, Swajal officials said on Thursday, added that the campaign would be involved by large number of school children. Under the Clean India campaign, the cleanliness campaign has to be completed in Uttarakhand by 2017.
More so, in a bid to ensure that minimum basic facilities like toilets, financial assistance of Rs 12, 000 is given to the BPl category families, all the families of the BPl category, which are yet to have toilet facilities, are also advised to avail this scheme, they said.
Nainital district administration has also asked the officials concerned to involve aaganwari and Aasha health workers and panchayat personnel in the cleanliness campaign. Apart from creating awareness, Aasha health workers will also test qualities of drinking water in their respective areas in block and village panchyat levels and submit reports to Swajal so that better quality of drinking water could be provided to the people.