Over 55.22 lakh toilets were constructed in Uttar Pradesh during the last financial year 2017-18 ending on March 31 this year. As many as 22, 189 villages, 57 development blocks and eight districts have been declared as open defecation free (ODF) and 12 more districts are likely to be declared as ODF soon.
The Minister for panchyatraj Bhupendra Singh Chowdhary said here on Sunday that eight districts Shamli, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Bijnor, Meerut, Hapur, Bagpat and Muzaffar nagar have been declared as ODF while Kannauj, Shravasti, Hamirpur, Amroha, Kaushambi, Varanasi, Hathras, Mirzapur,Etawah, lalitpur and Agra would soon be declared as ODF. He said far geo tagging and unicoding of over 47, 41 lakh toilets have been completed and data along with the photographs has been uploaded on the website of the Union agriculture ministry.
He said so far the entire data about the development works done by the village panchyats during the last fiscal 2017-18 has been uploaded on the website and all information about the development works implemented by the village panchyats during the last financial year 2017-18 are available in the public domain.
The BJP is observing Gram Swraj Abhiyaan from April 14 to May 5. The minister said during the Abhiyaan a big programme ‘Rashtriya Panchyat Diwas’ will be held in Jabalpur where 72 participants from UP will be given awards. He said on April 24, the revised ‘Rashtriya Gram Sawraj Abhiyaan’ will also be launched. He said from the present fiscal 2018-19 the village panchyats will prepare the annual development plan in open meetings.
The Minister said under E district the registration of birth and death is being implemented by the panchyatraj department. He said so far against 14, 47 lakh application over 13, 66 lakh have been registered which is 94 percent of the total applications.