In a bid to make villages Open Defecation Free (ODF) and to encourage sarpanchs, secretaries and eminent citizens for construction of toilets, an Orientation Workshop was held here the other day.
Apart from President of Janpad Mahasamund Dharamdas Mahilang, two other Janpad members and Sarpanchs have pledged to make their villages ODF by October 2.
On the occasion, Mahilang insisted that to bring changes in the thinking of villagers help from Mitanins, people’s representatives and influential people should be sought.
A few Janpad members have adopted villages to make them ODF. Free bricks and encouragement amount will be made available to people who cannot afford construction of toilets on their own.
Addressing the workshop, Collector Umesh Kumar Agrawal said that toilets could be constructed with joint efforts and determination for which it was necessary to join all categories of the society.
He asked to mark the houses for toilet construction and check the name in the baseline survey list.
He said it was also necessary to check whether grant amount was issued in the past or not. Rallies and dialogues on cleanliness should be arranged in villages and ward-wise committees should be formed.
To create a favourable atmosphere in villages pledged for ODF, teams would be sent who would help in overcoming the problems, Agrawal said. District Panchayat In-charge of Cleanliness Mission and Sarpanchs put forward suggestions regarding construction of toilets. Gram Panchayat Sarpanchs, motivators and Navratan Samiti members of 31 selected villages for ODF were present in the workshop.