Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 11: M.L.A R.S Pura, Dr.Gagan Bhagat chaired a meeting at Village Phinder on the agenda of ” Community participation in Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) to make it a ‘Jan Andolan’ in R.S Pura.
The meeting was jointly organised by the M.L.A’ Office and B.D.O’s Office R.S Pura, Miran Sahib. On the occasion, Dr.Gagan said that with the participation and involvement of all the stakeholders, the SBM would transform rapidly into a full-scale ‘Jan Andolan’ of citizens.
He said that, in R.S Pura, there are different cultures, different traditions, different languages and different habits, which pose a huge challenge in communicating to the masses. He said that the meetings like this one would help to share ideas, experiences and also to know the good practices which would help to bridge the gap in SBM, and this meeting will be followed by a series of similar meetings across the R.S Pura Constituency in different villages & Panchyats to make aware the people about the advantages of constructing toilets at their home which will ultimately make the constituency to archive first ever Open Defecation Free (ODF) Constituency of Jammu & Kashmir.
Dr. Gagan Bhagat further said that that some of the initiatives, such as the Swachh Survekshan, thematic drives with citizen participation, engaging students Bhartiya Janata Party workers, office bearers and Self-Help Groups to be the drivers and change agents for social behavior change, engaging nearly 200 swachhagrahis across the R.S Pura Constituency to motivate communities to stop open defecation, intensive PR and social media campaigns being run continuously to engage with citizens of R.S Pura Constituency to trigger and sustain their motivation to participate in cleanliness drives, reinforces the fact that citizens are becoming active participants.
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