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The
residents of Sikari Jagir village of Bhind district
are now making efforts to secure "Nirmal
Gram" award for their village, although this
village of Lahar Vidhan Sabha constituency has been
declared as a "Gokul Gram".
The
residents of this village have started efforts to make
it an ideal village by maintaining it clean by
adopting a slogan "Nirmal Sikari Swastha Sikari"
. The work of making the lanes pucca in the village
and construction of latrines in every house has been
started.
The
moment Bhind Collector apprised the residents of the
village of the "Nirmal Gaon Puraskar Yojana"
of the Central Government at a district level public
grievances redressal camp, the residents have started
adopting necessary standard for securing the award.
With
a view to win the award, the residents have started
the work of maintaining their village clean, making
the lanes pucca and construction of drainages for the
clearance of filth. So far, 500 meter long cement
concrete lanes and drainages have been constructed at
the cost of Rs. 5 to 6 lakh. Besides, the work of
constructing 600 meter long more lanes of cement
concrete is in progress. Channels around the village
have been constructed to drain out water from the
village. These channels would also be made pucca. The
water of the channel would be released into the tank.
In
this way, special attention has been paid to the
drainage system of the village. In order to maintain
the village clean, the residents have started throwing
the rubbish and sweepings of their homes into the pits
dug outside of the village to maintain it clean.
All
the resident of the village are unanimously
constructing latrines in their houses under an all out
cleanliness drive. The work of constructing latrines
have started in the village. The scheduled castes
families living below the poverty line (BPL) are being
paid Rs. 125 by the gram panchayat and a subsidy of Rs.
500 is being by the government for the construction of
a latrine. The latrines are being constructed by
collecting Rs. 625 per family of the general classes.
For
the construction of latrines, 250 latrine sheets have
been purchased at a time. Latrines are already
available in 50 houses. All the houses in the village
will have latrines of their own after some time. The
men, women of all classes and the labourers are
getting employment in the ongoing construction works
in the village. In the form of wages, 150 quintal
wheat and 10 quintal rice have been distributed in the
village. Besides, 30 - 35 quintals wheat and 10
quintals rice are still available in the stores. On an
average 30 workers are getting employment daily in the
village.
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