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Fazilka: DC reviews works of Swachh Bharat Mission (Rural)
Babushahi Bureau
Fazilka (Punjab), November 25, 2024: A meeting of the District Water and Sanitation Mission was held on Monday under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Amarpreet Kaur Sandhu IAS at the District Administrative Complex.
During the meeting, Deputy Commissioner Amarpreet Kaur Sandhu reviewed the works to be carried out in the villages under Swachh Bharat Mission (Rural).
During the meeting, she gave strict instructions to the officers of the Water Supply and Sanitation, Rural Development Department, and Panchayati Raj Department that the works to be done in the district under Swachh Bharat Mission Rural should be completed in a time-bound manner.
She said that these works will be reviewed weekly so that the villages can be made clean villages.
During the meeting, Executive Engineer Water Supply and Sanitation Fazilka Dharminder Singh said that beneficiaries have been identified for the construction of 635 private toilets in the district and each will be given financial assistance of Rs. 15000 by his department to build a toilet in their house.
He said that 81 villages in the district were identified for the construction of community sanitary complexes, out of which 29 have been built and the work of 13 is in progress.Its construction costs Rs. 3 lakh each, out of which Rs. 2.10 lakh have been provided under the Swachh Bharat Mission.
Similarly, he said that pits are being constructed in the villages for solid waste management. Similarly, the government has given Rs. 6.49 crore for liquid waste management for 57 villages in the district.
Three block-level units are being developed for plastic waste management in the villages, out of which two units have been completed in Jalalabad and Abohar blocks. The government is spending Rs 13.65 lakh on the construction of each of these.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Dr. Mandeep Kaur, Executive Engineer Water Supply and Sanitation Abohar Amarpreet Singh Bhattal, Executive Engineer Panchayati Raj Mr. Rajesh Grover, SDO Manpreet Kamboj, all Block Development and Panchayat Officers and officers of other departments were also present in the meeting.