Six districts to be made ODF by March 2017

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Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma has directed to work speedily in the direction of making six districts ODF by March, 2017. She has also sought daily development report as per the target.

In a review meeting of Swachh Bhagat Mission on Thursday the Chief Secretary told the DCs and DDCs of Koderma, Hazaribagh, lohardaga, Khunti, Jamshedpur and Jamtara to make list of abandoned or unused toilets, start repairing work and ensure the responsibilities of VWSCs and mukhiyas of concerned panchayats.

She also told respective Civil Surgeons, DSWO and DEO to made directly responsible for toilets construction the sevikas, sahiyas, ANMs and Para teachers. She also directed the BDOs to conduct a meeting of mukhiyas on their own level and give them guidelines about their rights and duties and ensure development of the work. 

She also told the DCs to send letters to all the mukhiyas underlining their rights and duties under the Panchayati Raj Act and ensure their participation. During the review, the CS directed to do work on mission mode in the panchayats where work progress is slow and asked to prepare work plan for estimation of everyday development of the Panchayats.

During the meeting Principal Secretary of Drinking Water and Sanitation Department AP Singh, SBM director Rajesh and other officers were

present.   

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