Two UT women sarpanchs get Swachh Shakti award

  • | Tuesday | 12th February, 2019

We decided to first end open defecation and launched a drive against it (open defecation) on February 28, 2016. KURUKSHETRA: During the Swachh Shakti 2019 convention of the women sarpanchs from across the country in Kurukshetra , Prime Minister Narendra Modi conferred Swachh Shakti 2019 award upon two women sarpanchs of the region.The two awardees include Rekha Rani of Tharwa village in Panchkula and Rita Rani of Chandiala village in Mohali The award has been conferred especially for women sarpanchs to commend their active participation in working to achieve the goal of 'Open Defecation Free' village since the year of 2016. In the beginning, we faced inconvenience and it took time to make the villagers understood the harmful effects of the open defecation. "Sarpanch Rita Rani said, "We also started this anti-open defecation drive in February 2016. The women delegations from other states of the country were present in large number.

KURUKSHETRA: During the Swachh Shakti 2019 convention of the women sarpanchs from across the country in Kurukshetra , Prime Minister Narendra Modi conferred Swachh Shakti 2019 award upon two women sarpanchs of the region.The two awardees include Rekha Rani of Tharwa village in Panchkula and Rita Rani of Chandiala village in Mohali The award has been conferred especially for women sarpanchs to commend their active participation in working to achieve the goal of 'Open Defecation Free' village since the year of 2016. Sarpanch Rekha Rani told TOI, "Before February 2016, the people of my village used to go outside for defecation and the area was prone to several diseases. We decided to first end open defecation and launched a drive against it (open defecation) on February 28, 2016. At that time, there were only around 50 toilets in the village and a majority of the villagers used to go out. We constituted the Nigrani Samiti which started to keep an eye on them, working right from 5 am. The samiti also started educating the villagers. In the beginning, we faced inconvenience and it took time to make the villagers understood the harmful effects of the open defecation. After our sustained efforts, now all the 1,080 villagers in nearly 200 houses of my village are using toilets."Sarpanch Rita Rani said, "We also started this anti-open defecation drive in February 2016. I have worked to completely remove this practice from my village with the help of a committee, which was specially constituted for this purpose. We have built nearly 190 toilets and all the villagers use them now. We would give a message to the public to use the toilet for keeping the environment clean."In the exhibition at the function, the toilet was given the name of 'Ijjat Ghar'- the house of honour. Moreover, a delegation from Nigeria also visited this function to observe how India is managing the cleanliness drive. The women delegations from other states of the country were present in large number.

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