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Construct toilets in houses, Collector urges villagers
Underscoring the importance of sanitation in rural areas, West Godavari District Collector K Bhaskar urged the public to use the government scheme to construct toilets in their homes. He participated as chief guest at the division-level meeting for sarpanches and village secretaries at SRKR Engineering College Auditorium in Narsapuram on Sunday.
Bhimavaram: Underscoring the importance of sanitation in rural areas, West Godavari District Collector K Bhaskar urged the public to use the government scheme to construct toilets in their homes. He participated as chief guest at the division-level meeting for sarpanches and village secretaries at SRKR Engineering College Auditorium in Narsapuram on Sunday.
- Directs village sarpanches to complete construction of individual sanitary latrines by December-end
- Says State government aims to make elimination of open defecation a people’s movement
Speaking on the occasion, the Collector said the government was implementing the scheme to grant funds to construct individual toilets at homes. It was aimed at protecting the health of the public, he added. He said the government is planning to make West Godavari and Krishna districts as open defecation-free districts.
He also asked the people to use the individual toilets built by them and avoid the practice of open defecation in order to keep diseases at bay. He said 40 per cent of households did not have toilets and directed village sarpanches to complete construction of individual sanitary latrines by December-end.
He urged the public to use the grant being given by the government for constructing individual household toilets. He said the State government had decided to make the elimination of open defecation a people’s movement by enlisting various sections of the people such as women, youth, students, civil society organisations, service organisations and the media in ensuring 100 per cent coverage of rural households in the construction of hygienic toilets under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Clean India Campaign).
The Collector said unfortunately, though sanitation is vital for human health, the priority for sanitation and toilets is very low in the villages. He said for years, the women have endured shame and fear as they ventured outside their homes after dark. Given that their family incomes are hardly sufficient, they had never thought of a toilet, but all that changed after the district administration took up the task of building Individual Household Latrines (IHHLs), he added.
Bhimavaram MLA Pulaparti Ramanjaneylu (Anji Babu), Narsapuram Sub-Collector AS Dinesh Kumar, District Panchayat Officer R V Suryanarayana, RWS SE Amareswara Rao, DWMA Project Director Ramana Reddy, District Sarpanches Chamber president Kadali Gopi and others were also present.
