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ITANAGAR, 10 Feb:<\/strong> The Public Health Engineering & Water Supply (PHE & WS), the nodal department for implementation of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) organized a training programme for master trainers to sensitize all PRI members and other stakeholders under SBM (G) Phase- II on 9 February.<\/p>\n Resources persons from the Ministry of Jal Shakti, through a PowerPoint presentation, highlighted open-defecation free (ODF) sustainability – gaps in individual household latrines (IHHLs), retrofitting, CSCs, MIS & IEC, biodegradable waste management – wet waste management and GOBAR-Dhan, plastic waste management, grey water management, faecal sludge management and fund allocation – 15th Finance Commission & SBM (G).<\/p>\n Similarly, the State Institution of Rural Development (SIRD), Itanagar gave a presentation on the role of PRIs, community-based organizations, NGOs and SHGs in effective planning and implementation of SBM (G) Phase-II and making an ODF- Plus village.<\/p>\n The SIRD also highlighted the importance of information, education and communication and capacity building in attainment\/ declaration of ODF Plus village under SBM (G) Phase-II.<\/p>\n Earlier, on 8 February, the department conducted a review meeting, wherein PHE & WS Secretary Rinchin Tashi said that the department had achieved a milestone in ODF status in a time-bound manner and is ahead of the targeted date.<\/p>\n The secretary informed that the Ministry of Jal Shakti launched the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) Phase-II last year in February to focus on the sustainability of ODF status and Solid & Liquid Waste Management (SLWM) and this programme has to be completed within 2024-25 in a mission mode.<\/p>\n SBM (G), PHE & WS Department Mission Director Sentum Yomcha highlighted the importance of each and every component in a presentation for the field level officers for implementation of SBM (G) Phase-II.<\/p>\n PHE & WS Minister Wangki Lowang said that SBM (G) should be seen as a holistic approach with sincerity and dedication.<\/p>\n “Resources are limited, but let’s put our minds to achieve our goals with limited amount,” he said.<\/p>\n He further suggested constructing IHHLs using water bottles and other local materials.<\/p>\n The minister appreciated the performance of the department in SBM (G) Phase-I and for achieving the target. He urged the department to continue the same spirit to achieve the target of ODF Plus village.<\/p>\n Towards the end of the session, the secretary advised the district officials to visit the sites frequently for proper implementation and vigorous monitoring of the works within the timeline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ITANAGAR, 10 Feb: The Public Health Engineering & Water Supply (PHE & WS), the nodal department for implementation of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) organized a training programme for master trainers to sensitize all PRI members and other stakeholders under SBM (G) Phase- II on 9 February. Resources persons from the Ministry of Jal Shakti, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-150058","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150058\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}