IMPHAL, July 19 NNN : Only 45.9 percent of the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) scheme has so far been able to implement in Ukhrul district of Manipur due to lack of sincerity and awareness among the people in the hill district, said a PHED official.
A one-day workshop on NBA was held at Kamjong, Ukhrul on Friday during which L Swamikanta, Director, Communication and Capacity Development Unit (CCDU), PHED, Manipur said that full implementation of NBA scheme in Ukhrul has been hampered by lack of sincerity and awareness among the people of the district.
He said only 45.9 percent of NBA scheme, which was launched in the state in 2006, has so far been implemented in the district because the people of the district lack attentiveness about the scheme.
Tamenglong district is recorded to be the highest among other hill districts of the state to implement this scheme at 90.50 percent, Swamikanta said.
He said people need toilets to lead a healthy life and also to ward off many diseases like common cold, diarrhea and dysentery.
NBA is a scheme jointly sponsored by the state and Central Governments under which the poor can build toilets at home free of cost.
He appealed to the Ukhrul public, particularly with poor economic background to avail the benefit and to construct toilets with sincerity.
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