Sanitation campaign

SHILLONG,JUNE 16: A five days training cum workshop on Total Led Sanitation Campaign (TLSC) led by Field Work Foundation, Gurgaon, Haryana kick-started on Monday at the multipurpose hall in the office of South West Khasi hills deputy commissioner .

The training which is being organized by the District Water & Sanitation Mission (DWSM), West Khasi hills along with the World Bank–WSP & Feedback Foundation was formally inaugurated by Extra Assistant Commissioner S Ch Momin.

Ajay Sinha, resource person from Field Work Foundation, a master trainer of this five days workshop was accompanied by Birendra Shankar and Venkatesh from the World Bank. The training programme was attended by EAC, BDO of Mawkyrwat and Ranikor C&RD block, head of various departments, Gram Sevak and other government officials.

Sinha informed that the objective of holding the workshop was to spread the message about open defecation free nation which is the objectives of Swacch Bharat Mission. He added that the workshop will develop skills to trigger collective local action through field experience, it will also generate enthusiasm to eradicate open defecation in rural areas which is a menace causing various diseases to local inmates.- By Our Reporter