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Indore rural declared open defecation free

| | Jan 26, 2016, at 04:33 pm
Indore, Jan 26 (IBNS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has annouced at an event recently that 312 Gram Panchayats, 610 villages of Indore Rural have taken a stance against open defecation, thus declaring them 'open defecation free'.

Lok Sabha Speaker, Sumitra Mahajan along with other dignitaries were present at the event. 

The event also had participation of communities and children who had led this initiative.

Chief Minister after officially announcing villages and Gram Panchayats of Indore rural open defecation free, announced award of Rupees two lakhs to each gram panchayat which was declared open defecation free and Rupees ten thousand to each children groups which had worked for it. 

Chauhan said he wants to see Madhya Pradesh as the first 'open defecation free' state in India.

Manish Mathur, Officer in Charge, UNICEF, Madhya Pradesh shares on this initiative, “It is great to note the that efforts of communities, and zila panchayat are bringing positive change and Indore rural is being declared as open defecation free.  The approach of engaging communities is effective indeed in bringing behavior change. It is now important to sustain this status and use example and learning from Indore rural to expand this momentum to the entire state.”

 

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