All Bihar districts to be made ODF by 2019 says CM

During the review meeting of 'Lohia Swachh Bihar Abhiyan , ' CM Nitish Kumar asked officials to speed up the process of achieving the target .He held a high level meeting on Saturday to review the progress of work of Rural Development Department and Panchayati Raj Department.

The Bihar government has set a deadline of March 2019 to make the districts free from open defecation .The government has also set a target of making 4,555 gram open defecation free by the end of current financial year 2017-18 .During the review meeting of 'Lohia Swachh Bihar Abhiyan , ' Chief Minister Nitish Kumar asked officials to speed up the process of achieving the target.

                 

                  Nitish held a high level meeting late last evening to review the progress of work of Rural Development Department and Panchayati Raj Department.

While revewing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), Kumar said the water conservation project, which was implemented in Nalanda district, should be considered as a “role-model” and it should be implemened in all the districts of the state especially in south Bihar.  

ODF(SWAACH BHARAT CAMPAIGN):

                     ODF is the termination of faecal-oral transmission, defined by:

                                                 

 a) no visible faeces found in the environment/village

 b) every household as well as public/community institutions using [a]  safe technology option for disposal of faeces.

c) safe technology option means no contamination of surface soil, ground water or surface water; excreta inaccessible to flies or animals; no handling of fresh excreta; and freedom from odour and unsightly condition.