The Central Drinking Water and Sanitation Secretary Pankaj Jain has lauded the State Government for its effective implementation of various schemes under the Central Government’s flagship programme – Rural Drinking Water and ‘Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan’ in the State.
According to Jain, the State Government executed the Central Government scheme aimed at providing clean and safe drinking water to the people living in rural areas excellently after inspecting the works done at different places in the newly carved out Bemetra district on Wednesday.
He carried out spot inspections at village Khare and Sarda in Development Block Berla and Dunda in the district where he inspected the water purification plant and the toilets construct under ‘Special Sanitation Programme.’
The official also interacted with the local residents about the benefits they got after the implementation of the Central scheme.
Jain went to houses to verify whether the State Government agency had really constructed toilets under the sanitation scheme. He also urged the local people to make good use of the toilets rather than going in the open for answering nature’s call.
The local residents like Pushpa Bai and Purnima Bai in their interaction with Jain said after they have begun to get clean water.
Jain also inspected the ponds in the villages as well. He was also extremely happy to find ponds with water even in the scorching summer heat.
According to official figures provided here, in village Khare more than 300 houses now have good quality concretized toilets. Besides this, over 300 households got regular piped water connections as well. Senior district officials including Acting Collector Heena Netam also accompanied Jain during his inspection.