The campaign launched by the District Collector, Neetu Prasad, to ensure that the entire district was declared open defecation-free (ODF) by effectively implementing Individual Sanitary Latrine (ISL), has been recognised by the Union Government.
Ms. Neetu Prasad has been invited to participate in the Swachh Bharath Champions’ Meet, which would be organised by the Union Ministry of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development in New Delhi on August 25. Among the 22 District Collectors selected to participate in the meet, Ms. Neetu Prasad is the only one from the Telangana State.
The Collector had won accolades for declaring three Assembly segments – Sircilla, Vemulawada and Peddapalli – as ODF in the recent past. She has also been taking measures to declare Huzurabad and Manakondur Assembly segments of ODF by October 2. Also, construction of ISL and educating people on the use of toilets were continuing with the authorities taking all measures to declare the entire district as open defecation-free by this December-end.
Ms. Neetu Prasad said that ISL at each household was an excellent scheme. There have been many government schemes, but ISL has directly been impacting the lifestyle of the beneficiaries, she said. The Collector would be sharing her success story with others during her visit to New Delhi at the Champions’ Meet. It may be recalled that the Collector had involved all elected representatives right from the Zilla Parishad Chairperson, ZPTC members, MPPs, MPTCs, Sarpanches, Ministers, MPs, MLAs and MLCs in construction of ISLs as a movement and reviewing its progress regularly.
