Chief Minister Raghubar Das today said that from September 15 to October 02, 2018, ‘Cleanliness is Service’ programme will be organised under Clean India Mission in the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will start the programme, under which Chief Ministers, Ministers and other officials will have to dedicate one hour daily for cleanliness.The CM, while addressing the Sanitation Survey 2019, Regional Workshop, here on Tuesday said that in order to make this programme successful, public participation is necessary.
The CM said that service days will be celebrated throughout the State from September 17 to September 25. On these days, medical camps will be installed in the slum areas of various municipalities of the State. In addition short film on life of PM ‘Film Chalo Jeete Hai’ will be screened in LED vans and on permanent screens. This film gives a message to people about how a boy from poor family can represent the country.
Das said that on September 23, the Prime Minister will reach Jharkhand to launch ambitious plan Ayushman India. Under this, health insurance of 5 lakh rupees will be insured for 57 lakh families of Jharkhand State. Foundation stone will also be laid for a cancer hospital in Ranchi and medical college in Chaibasa and Koderma on September 23.
The CM said that in the coming years, Jharkhand will play a decisive role in making India a powerful nation at the international level.
The aim of the government is to make healthy Jharkhand along with development. He congratulated various local bodies of the state, which received the award in the Regional Workshop of Sanitation Survey 2019 and said that it is the result of all the hard work that today Jharkhand is doing good job in different areas.
He said that government's goal is to make Jharkhand open defecation free till October 2, 2018. The Chief Minister said that in a survey of WHO, it has been found that due to dirt every year per person suffers financial loss in the tune of Rs 6,500. “If we can build clean Jharkhand by 2019, then the financial savings of 6500 rupees per person can be done,” he said.
In the field of cleanliness under the Quality Council of India, 17 recertified ODF district’s local bodies has been awarded with certificate by the Chief Minister which includes Chas, Chaibasa, Fusro, Chirkunda, Jhumitilaiya, Giridih, Khunti, Godda, Gumla, Jamshedpur, Jamtada, Lohardaga, Manjhiaon, Mango, Medininagar, Bishrampur and Pakud.
On this occasion, the Minister of Urban Development, CP Singh; MayorAsha Lanka; Secretary, Urban Development Department, Ajay Kumar Singh; Director State Urban Development Agency, Amit Kumar; Municipal Commissioner, Manoj Kumar; Deputy Advisor, CPHEO, Government of India, Dr. Ramakant and members of all the Municipal Corporations of the State were present.