Deccan Chronicle 25.01.2014
Jaya allots Rs 10 crore for sanitary complexes
Chennai: In
continuance of the state government’s efforts to make Tamil Nadu free
of open defecation by 2015, chief minister Jayalalithaa on Thursday
ordered the construction of 77 integrated modern sanitary complexes at a
cost of Rs 10 crore, a release said.
“The modern santiary
complexes will be built in 73 town panchayats to achieve the state’s
goal of ending open air defecation in the state,” an official release
stated.
The state government has already taken up several
measures to encourage public in semi-urban and rural areas to build
toilets in their home by increasing the funds provided by the state to
built toilets.
In the year 2011-12, the state government has made a
detailed plan to build toilets and sanitary complexes across the state,
especially for women, and has allocated several crores of rupees
towards the project implementation in phases. In the first phase alone,
Rs 19.83 crore were utilised for building sanitary complexes in 52 town
panchayats.