New Delhi:-In a bid to eliminate open defecation from the national capital, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia today inaugurated 495 community toilets across the city and announced that DUSIB will achieve its target of setting-up 10,000 community toilets by March 31 next year.
Sisodia along with Urban Development Minister Satyendar Jain, DUSIB CEO VK Jain and other senior officials visited community toilets at Z-Block, Loha Mandi, Naraina Industrial Area, Chander Shekhar Azad Colony and Wazirpur Industrial Area to inaugurate the toilets in Jhuggi Jhompri Bastis of these areas.
This will help people living in slums to ease out with dignity and make their bastis open defecation free zones, Sisodia said.
The community toilets are located in Wazirpur, Model Town, Moti Nagar, Jangpura, Kamla Nehru Camp, Kirti Nagar, Jeevan Nagar, Rajinder Nagar, Matiala and Timarpur.
“To eradicate poverty, we have to ensure cleanliness.
Contractors should ensure that the cleanliness of these toilets is maintained at all times. By March 2017, Delhi should be firmly on track to ensure it is free of open defecation,” Jain said.
Jain said that the main aim is to provide the people with a good service and these toilets will be shown under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
DUSIB has also launched a drive to improve the quality of maintenance, repair and upgradation of the existing toilets in JJ Bastis by constructing new toilets at the rate 1 seat for 30 persons as per Swachh Bharat Mission norms.
PTI
