Construction Of More Than 5,000 Toilets To Start In Ludhiana District From July 12 Onwards

Ludhiana, July 11, 2016: Ludhiana is all set to become Open Defecation Free by December 31, 2016. Taking another leap for the success of this campaign under Swachh Bharat Mission, the construction of more than 5000 toilets would start from tomorrow, i.e. July 12, 2016 onwards. It is pertinent to mention that 162 villages of the Ludhiana district have already been announced Open Defecation Free till date.
While giving information, Deputy Commissioner Mr Ravi Bhagat said that the Open Defecation Free campaign under Swachh Bharat Mission is being carried out in the district in an effective manner, and is well received at state as well as national level. For making this campaign more effective, the district administration has decided to start the construction of more than 5000 toilets in a single day tomorrow. For the supervision of this campaign, seven committees have been formed, responsibilities of SDM's have been fixed and for their assistance, one SDO each has been deputed with them.
He said that on July 12, 2016, the construction of more than 5000 toilets would start in 300 villages and their construction would complete in next two months time. Out of total toilets, around 3200 would be constructed by the Water Supply and Sanitation Department and remaining by the Bharti Foundation. The DC informed that there are a total of 928 villages in Ludhiana district, out of which 162 have already been declared Open Defecation Free and 14383 toilets have been constructed in 651 villages.
For this project, Water Supply and Sanitation Department Executive Engineer (XEN) Mr Jaswinder Singh Chahal has been appointed the Nodal Officer. Mr Ravi Bhagat said that the main aim of this project is to not just construct new toilets but making sure that people actually use these toilets.
ADC (D) Miss Apneet Riyait and XEN Mr Jaswinder Singh Chahal informed that under this project, they would not only construct toilets, but would also educate the masses about the ill effects of Open Defecation. For making people aware, village level committees have been formed along with vigilance committees.