Mangaluru, Sept 28: Coastal Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts are among the 46 districts in the country, selected for the Swachhatha Darpan award of the Union government.
Speaking to media persons here on Wednesday, DK Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer M.R. Ravi said that only two districts from Karnataka were chosen for the award.
The award will be given away in New Delhi on the third anniversary of the Swachh Bharath Mission (Gramin) (SBM (G)) on October 2.
The 46 districts have scored 90 marks to become entitled for the award. The award instituted by the Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, the nodal ministry for the implementation of the SBM (G), is given on the basis of the ranking of all districts in the country on the parameters of performance, sustainability and transparency.
While 50 % weightage is given for performance, 25 % each is given for sustainability and transparency respectively.
Ravi said that Dakshina Kannada was declared open defection-free district in 2016 after 2,89,746 households were found to have built toilets in March 2016.
A social audit of houses between August 16, 2017 and September 20, 2017 revealed that 2,96,105 of the 3,00,695 households have toilets. Dakshina Kannada has achieved more than the target fixed last year for declaration of a district as open defecation-free, he said. Mr. Ravi said that the social audit revealed 4,590 households do not have toilets. Following this observation, a survey was carried out by the panchayat development officers that revealed that only 3,937 households do not have toilets.
Of this, 707 houses were those that do not have door numbers and hence, cannot be considered under the mission to build toilets.
Mr. Ravi said that for the remaining 3,230 households, action has been initiated to build toilets under various social welfare schemes. These 3,230 houses will have toilets by thisOctober 15, he said.
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