Monday, July 25, 2011

Himachal poised to become a ''Nirmal State''

After successfully implementing the sanitation programme, Himachal Pradesh by next month will be a 'Nirmal State', with 100 percent 'Open Defecation Free' environment."In 2000, the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) was launched in the Sirmaur district and has now reached every corner of the state. It would be completely free of open defecation by next month," an official spokesman said.


There are as many as 3202 panchayats of the state which are completely Open Defecation Free (ODF) and the remaining 41 panchayats would be ODF by August, thus achieving 100 per cent success, he added.The state is poised to become the 'Nirmal Himachal' and 'Nirmal State' of the country.Sanitation facilities were provided through public toilet complexes to those who could not afford individual toilets.All government schools were provided toilet facilities and during the last three years 21871 toilets were constructed in Government schools.

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