Jharkhand CS directive on toilets

Jharkhand Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma today directed the district administrations to involve all 'Sakhi Mandals' and 'Gram Swachchata Samiti' to speed up work in gram panchayats and blocks to achieve the target of 15 lakh toilets in 2017/18.
Chairing a Swachcha Bharat Mission programme through video conferencing with all deputy commissioner and deputy development commissioners, Verma said under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yozana, personal toilet construction should be ensured under MGNREGA in rural areas, according to an official release.
The panchata and blocks should also verify whether the toilets were used, it said.