Pb’s all cities, towns to be open defecation free by June 30

Punjab Local Government Department has accelerated the campaign to make all the cities and towns of the state an Open Defecation Free (ODF). For the same, it has instructed to achieve the target by June 30.

Up till now, 120 cities have achieved the status of being Open Defecation Free whereas the rest of 47 cities or towns would in all likelihood complete the target by June 30. For the achievement of the mission objectives, the Department has already released Rs 40.82 crores.

Spokesperson said that the Local Government Department, as per the 'Tandarust Punjab Mission' has pledged to eradicate the menace of garbage strewn here and there in the cities. The 120 out of total 167 Urban Local Bodies have so far declared themselves Open Defecation Free.

The Department is getting this claim verified by the third party which has verified the claims of 72 Urban Local Bodies have been found to be correct whereas the rest are under process.

Providing more details, the spokesperson said that the rest of the 47 Urban Local Bodies would also be Open Defecation Free by June 30 which would cover all the cities/ or towns of the state. The Department has instructed these 47 Urban Local Bodies to work in full force to achieve the target by the said date.