Owing to the concerted efforts of the state government towards making adequate arrangements for the Solid and Liquid Waste Management in rural areas, the Centre has selected 171 villages across the state under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyaan (NBA).
Stating this here today, a spokesperson of the Chief Minister's Office said that the move would benefit around 33,000 households, which would be equipped with proper sanitation facilities under the scheme.
He further said that under the NBA, which is a comprehensive programme to ensure sanitation facilities in rural areas with broader goal to eradicate the practice of open defecation, the Union government has allotted Rs 17.09 crore to these 171 villages.
The spokesman said the Chief Minister had sought a special provision of Rs 750 crore especially for improving village ponds under the NBA because these ponds which were once source of drinking water have now turned into ugly site of sewage.
