Firozabad (UP), June 7 (Agency) The Uttar Pradesh government headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has chalked out an elaborate strategy to promote Swachh Bharat Mission in villages and make cleanliness an essential part of rural life in the state, an official spokesman said here on Wednesday. The spokesman said that training is being provided to the heads of gram panchayats, secretaries, members and sanitation workers for the efficient management of activities to promote cleanliness. According to the strategy, the government proposes to train a total of 100,437 people in the state to carry out cleanliness and sanitation exercises in villages and raise people’s awareness to ensure maintenance of cleanliness. As part of this initiative, a total of 135 trainers will be appointed in 22 District Panchayat Resource Centers (DPRCs) across the entire state, who will oversee all relevant training processes.
It may be noted that the Swachh Bharat Mission is currently in its second phase (2020-2025) and the Yogi government is currently building on the work carried out between 2014 and 2018, in the first phase of the mission, with the goal of transforming a total of 95,826 revenue villages of all 57,704 gram panchayats into model villages by the year 2025. According to the plan, a total 135 trainers will be deployed at 22 DPRCs (District Panchayati Raj Research Centres). The training is proposed for a total of 90,837 participants from the gram panchayat teams. So far, 73 percent of participants (65,604) have received the training. As per the goals for the year 2023-24, the selection of masons is proposed for 43,252 villages in the state. In addition to this, on-site training is taking place in each selected village. The training of a total of 43,252 masons is also underway while 28,000 participants (65 percent) have completed their training. By the end of June, the training process is likely to be completed.
In order to monitor the ongoing activities aimed at achieving the goals of the Swachhta Mission in the state, all districts are working on project planning, presentation, and cost estimation at the directorate level. So far, proposals have been received from 11,924 villages and 8,368 gram panchayats in 46 districts. Among these, the limit has been set for 2,268 gram panchayats. Under the State Sanitation Mission, initiated by the Panchayati Raj Department, the Swachh Bharat Mission is being implemented in two phases. While all districts in the state were declared open defecation free by October 2, 2018, efforts are now being made to take it to the next level. Under the Open Defecation Free Plus (ODF Plus) category, the 95,826 villages included in 57,704 gram panchayats in the state are being categorized as aspiring, rising and model.