Hawaas Villeage Ldh:100% toilets coverage by June 10

Special Prog Launched
*Punjab Rural Water & Sanitation Sector improvement Prog Launched

*Prog Launched with efforts of irrigation minister Sharanjit Dhillon

Ludhiana:May 20, 2015:  (PRD//Punjab Screen Bureau):

Hawas village will have 100 percent toilets coverage by June 10. Punjab Rural Water and Sanitation Sector Improvement Programme, which is covered under Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi's flagship Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. The Punjab government will be spending more than Rs 1,100 crore for this programme, under which 6.25 lakh toilets would be constructed in the state, out of which around 26,000 would be constructed in Ludhiana district.

Mr Jaswinder Singh Chahal, Executive Engineer, Department of Water Supply and Sanitation (DWSS), Punjab informed that village Hawas on Rahon Road is the first village of Ludhiana district which has been chosen under Punjab Rural Water and Sanitation Sector Improvement Programme. He informed that this programme has been launched in the Ludhiana district with the efforts of Punjab Irrigation Minister Mr Sharanjit Singh Dhillon. He said that the village residents have agreed to have 100 percent toilets coverage in the village by June 10.

Mr Chahal further informed that once this programme gets completed in Hawas, another programme for solid and liquid waste management for the cleanliness of village ponds and other such purposes would be started in the village. He informed that under this particular programme, another grant of Rs 12 lakh would be granted for the development of the village.

Mr Ajmer Singh Bhagpur, chairman, Verka Milk Plant, Ludhiana, informed that the Punjab Rural Water and Sanitation Sector Improvement Programme has been launched for the betterment of village residents. Mr Bhagpur further informed that once the programme is completed at village Hawas, the village name would be recommended by the Punjab government for Nirmal Gram Award, which is given by the Government of India.

Mr Bhag Singh Maangarh, chairman, Zila Parishad, Ludhiana, informed that once the programme is completed at village Hawas, it would be started in all around 900 villages of the Ludhiana district in a phased manner. Prominent among those present on the occasion included Mr Rachhpal Singh, Political Secretary to Irrigation Minister, Jathedar Gurcharan Singh Meharban, Mr Shinderpal Singh Sarpanch, Mr Jaswant Singh Gill, director, Verka Milk Plant, Ludhiana, besides several others.