The Union Government’s slogan “Swachha Bharat Swastha Bharat” has created great impact on the people of Bagrekasa.
The people, by taking self-resolution, constructed toilets in all the houses of the village on their own expenses, without taking any government aid, and freed the village from open defecation. Sarpanch Dhalchand Meshram said that to save the village from various problems and diseases causing due to open defecation and to make it clean, all the residents took a resolution and constructed toilets in their homes.
Besides, the villagers constructed garbage storage bins at few places and that too without any government aid. Toilets have been constructed in 405 houses of the village having population of more than 3,000 and construction of toilets is in progress in the remaining houses.
The villagers have spread awareness and conducted meetings in the village and started construction of toilets in all the houses.
Though they have expected financial help from the government, but to avoid probable delay because of formalities, they contributed on their own for the construction of toilets.
According to Kunjika Chandrawanshi of the village, because of toilets constructed in houses women, kids and elderly people were very much benefited.
Collector in-charge Priyanka Shukla said that under the Swachha Bharat Swastha Bharat mission people were encouraged for construction of toilets in their houses.