State PR institutions far away from claiming NGP incentives
Source: Hueiyen News Service / Nomita Khongbantabam

Imphal, January 29 2013: State Director of Communication and Capacity Development (CCDU) L Swamikanta has pointed out that Manipur has been lagging behind in the process of sanitation and so for the last three years none of Panchayati Raj (PR) institutions in the state have received Government of India's incentive scheme, Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP), which is presented to those 'open defecation free' Nirmal Gram Panchayats, Blocks, and Districts under Total Sanitation Campaign.

Speaking to Hueiyen Lanapao, Swamikanta said state Public Health Engineering Department's CCDU unit is implementing the Centrally sponsored Total Sanitation Campaign under Bharat Nirman Abhiyan, and the NGP is given to PR institutions and villages where all houses, Schools and Anganwadis have sanitary toilets and are fully sanitized.

However, due to lack of sanitation process and none of the institutions in Manipur has been able to receive the incentive under NGP after Utlou and Maklang Gram Panchayats have received it in the year 2008 and 2009 respectively. The main objective of the programme is to lead a healthy life by providing sanitary toilets, water supply etc.

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