PANGIN, Dec 27: Siang Deputy Commissioner Rahul Singh accompanied by a team of administrative officials, PHED engineers, Panchayat leaders organized a motivational camp at Riga on Tuesday to give a final push to the district’s open defecation free (ODF) target of December 31, 2017.
A Gram Sabha (meeting) was also conducted to take a stock of the progress of SBM (G) in Riga– the most populated circle in the district. The meeting also discussed the various problems faced by the villagers, such as lack of quarry and building materials, difficulty in transportation of such materials for construction of latrines.
Encouraging people to give priority to sanitation, the DC sought the full cooperation and support from all to eliminate open defecation– one of the main objectives the SBM.
Later, the team toured the village to verify the under-construction and completed IHHLs. DIPRO
