Saturday, 03 October 2020 | PNS | Dehradun
The Uttarakhand regional office of NABARD here launched the Sanitation Literacy Campaign 2020-21 on Friday. The bank’s chief general manager Gyanendra Mani inaugurated the programme and said that the progress and prosperity of any country depends on the health of its people.
He said that India has become an Open Defecation Free (ODF) country and now to take it further it is necessary to make people aware about it. For this, collective efforts are needed with all stakeholders in which State Government, Reserve Bank of India and Cooperative Banks, NGOs, SHGs etc. have an important role to play. Keeping this in mind, NABARD has started ODF + Cleanliness Literacy Campaign 2020-21 which will be run in all 13 districts of Uttarakhand. Fifty programmes are slated to be held under this campaign as part of which people will be motivated to use already built toilets and build new toilets.
The regional director of Reserve Bank of India, Rajesh Kumar said that NABARD has started this campaign at the right time as it is highly relevant during Covid-19. He also gave his assurance to include sanitation awareness in their financial literacy programmes.
