Our Correspondent
Kohima | March 16
Minister for PHED Tokheho Yepthomi today said the state Public Health Engineering department has so far provided full water supply coverage to 566 habitations, partial coverage to 898 habitations, besides providing water supply to 2046 numbers of government schools in rural areas of Nagaland state.
The Minister said the department has also implemented rejuvenation of traditional wells, roof top rain water harvesting schemes, surface water or monsoon run off harvesting and solar powered water supply schemes, where normal gravity based water schemes are not viable.
Addressing the state level launching ceremony of National Rural Drinking Water & Sanitation Awareness Week here today organized by Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation, Yepthomi said under sustainability component of NRDWP, a total of 213 numbers of various sustainability structures are being targeted for completion during 2015-16, while another 162 numbers would be earmarked for construction during 2016-17.
The department is also making good strides in making Nagaland 100% Open Defecation Free (ODDF) as per the National target of 2nd October 2019. Under the Swachh Bharat Mission, the department has provided 1, 85, 975 numbers of Individual House Hold Latrines (IHHL), 354 numbers of community sanitary complex and 7 units of Solid Liquid Waste Management.
The department has so far identified 161 villagers as Open Defecation Free with many villages on the verge of achieving open defecation free status, the minister said.
