Mysore/Mysuru: Additional Chief Secretary to Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Department L.K. Atheeq has directed the officials to work towards making villages ‘clean and tidy’. Presiding over the progress review meeting of works under Swachh Bharat Mission (Rural) and Jal Jeevan Mission, at Zilla Panchayat (ZP) Hall here on Tuesday, Atheeq said: “The sewage water in rural areas should be scientifically treated and more emphasis should be laid on the management of stagnating water that is released into water bodies and management of solid waste. With this, every village must look clean and tidy.”
When Swachh Bharat Mission was launched, the stress was on building toilets for every households in rural areas. The target was achieved in 2019 itself, but still some men continue to defecate in the open. Awareness should be created among such people, with an advise that toilets should be used for better hygiene and health of the villagers, the officer added.
