Citizens' views
through SSG 18 app solicited
RAJOURI, AUGUST
01: District Development Commissioner, Mohammad Ajaz Asad, launched
Swachh Survekshan Grameen, 2018 in the district by flagging off a rally of
students, here today.
District
Panchayat officer, Dr. Abdul Khabir besides other officers and students from
different schools were present on the occasion.
Meanwhile, launching
ceremonies of the national event were also organised in all the blocks across
Rajouri under the supervision of Block Development Officers and other block
level officers.
Pertinently, the
launch of SSG-2018 is part of Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
(MDWS) commissioned survey on rural cleanliness. Based on the survey ranking of
states and districts will be done as per district-level surveys of public
places like schools, anganwadis, haat-bazaars, panchayats and citizen's
perception of Swachhta.
DDC has impressed
for effective campaign through field functionaries of various departments at
panchayat level, educational and health institutions and Anganwari centres to
aware masses about Survekshan to facilitate surveying teams.
He asked health
institutions to put in place effective mechanism for scientific disposal of
biomedical waste. Besides, Executive Officers of Municipalities and BDOs have
also been instructed to ensure drainage of water logged areas in their
jurisdiction.
According to DPO,
hundreds of citizens would be interviewed and their views on sanitation issues
would be sought as feedback from them on the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
“A mobile
app, SSG 18 and an online platform has already been set up to collect
information from people," Dr. Khabir informed and requested citizens to
download SSG 18 from their smartphone's play-store and give their views on
Swachhta in the district.
"Top performing states and districts will be awarded on October
2. The rankings will take a set of comprehensive cleanliness parameters into
account. The criteria include a survey of public places, citizens' perspective
of cleanliness, their recommendations and data from Swachh Bharat
Abhiyan," the District Panchayat Officer informed.
Post A Comment:
0 comments so far,add yours