NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, OCT 2
Gujarat has won the first prize in the state category of a six-month-long campaign that aimed at mobilising resources to construct and maintain community toilets, the Jal Shakti Ministry said Friday.
મહિલા અને બાળ વિકાસ વિભાગ દ્વારા “ આંગણવાડી, સેજા કચેરી અને બ્લોક ઓફિસના નવનિર્મિત ભવનોનું ઈ-લોકાર્પણ અને ઈ-ભૂમિપૂજન, નંદઘર ઇન્ફોર્મેશન ટ્રેકિંગ એપ્લિકેશનનું લોન્ચિંગ, રાષ્ટ્રીય સ્વચ્છતા દિવસ નિમિત્તે હેન્ડ વોશિંગ કાર્યક્રમ તથા રાજ્ય કક્ષાના માતા યશોદા એવોર્ડ વિતરણ કાર્યક્રમ “ pic.twitter.com/U3tB76uXbh
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The Swachh Sundar Samudayik Shauchalaya campaign was launched on November 1, 2019, and continued till April 30, 2020. The central government campaign aimed at mobilising districts, blocks, and villages to build, paint, and maintain their community toilets.
“Top awards were conferred upon Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, and others,” the ministry said in a statement.
Gujarat was felicitated with the first prize in the state category; Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, as the best district; Khachrod, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, as the best block; and Chinnaur, (Salem) as the best gram panchayat under the campaign, it said.
Under the week-long Gandagi Se Mukt campaign launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 8, Telangana received the top award for maximum Shramdaan participation, while Haryana was felicitated with the top award for declaring maximum open defecation-free plus villages.
Moga district in Punjab received the top award for maximum information, education, and communication messages through wall paintings, the ministry added.
