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Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 29: Information Education and Communication (IEC) under the banner of Nirmal Bharat Abhiyaan (NBA) an awareness camp was organized in the Panchayat Chak Sona Nupa for sensitizing the people about Panchayat Raj Institutions (PRIs) and rural communities about role of sanitation in proper health and hygiene.
In his address, Community Health Officer (CHO) Kartar Verma Kathua gave detailed lecture on role of sanitation in health and hygiene and advocated that good sanitation is universally recognized as a major proximate determinant for health indicators.
He emphasized on proactive role of ASHA workers and Anganwadi workers as motivators for creating awareness among the rural communities for demand generation of sanitation facilities. BDO Kathua Dr. Anirudh Rai presided over the function and appealed to the PRI's about their role in encouraging proper sanitation in their panchayat and urged them to hold gram sabha meetings on issues like preparation of strategies to stop open defecation , gender specific sanitation issues particularly of women and school and anganwari sanitation .
Besides, an incentive of rupees 5100 per beneficiary distributed in the form of cheques to 25 beneficiaries who have constructed IHHL units under NBA scheme through Sarpanch Sh. Raghubir Singh and other PRI members. |
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