Monday, 10 February 2014

Sikkim achieves over 100 percent sanitation

Sikkim has become the only state in the country to achieve more than 100 percent sanitation in rural and urban households, schools, sanitary complexes and Aanganwadi centres. The state has also sensitised people to adopt a holistic approach to improve sanitation and hygiene in a clean environment while accelerating its overall development.
Achieving 140.05 percent success, altogether 1,105 sanitary complexes were constructed as against the target of 789. According to a survey conducted in 20 gram panchayats by Planning Commission, 17 village councils of Sikkim were declared as 'best performance panchayats', which is highest in the country.


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