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AGRA: In a stringent move to put complete ban on open defecation, the Agra district administration has announced to book and jail the person, if he/she does not comply with administration appeal to use toilet instead going out on nature's call.
In a meeting with sub-divisional magistrate, district panchayati raj officer, block development officers, assistant development officers and others, district magistrate Agra Pankaj Kumar ordered officers to book those persons who are adamant and still prefer open defecation.
Speaking to TOI, district Panchayati Raj officer T C pandey said, "A CrPc section 251 (Substance of accusation to be stated. When in a summons - case the accused appears or is brought before the Magistrate, the particulars of the offence of which he is accused shall be stated to him, and he shall be asked whether he pleads guilty or) will be levied against offenders, who even after constant appeal and despite being aware about the health hazards and other aspects of open defecation still prefer to go outside in open on nature's call."
He said, "In a bid to check open defecation in the villages of Agra, World Bank team in collaboration with panchayat department had conducted five days exercise to encourage people for using toilets. A total of 695 panchayats under whom more than 2000 villages have been covered in the project to create awareness among villagers to build toilets with the help of government subsidy and avoid open defecation."
As per district administration, by August 15 Agra has to be made open defecation free. Currently, Nadia district of West Bengal, 610 villages under 312 village Panchayats in Indore district, Chawarpatha block in Narsinghpur district in Madhya Pradesh and 19 cities in Maharashtra such as Mahabaleshwar, Panchgani, Wai, Satara, Malkapur (Satara), Panhala, Malkapur (Kolhapur), Vengurla, Khed, Chiplun, Guhagar, Dapoli, Mahad, Roha, Matheran, Bhagur, Mowad, Kurduwadi, Karmala and B and C wards of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai have become free of open defecation.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...-land-people-in-jail/articleshow/51742220.cms
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AGRA: In a stringent move to put complete ban on open defecation, the Agra district administration has announced to book and jail the person, if he/she does not comply with administration appeal to use toilet instead going out on nature's call.
In a meeting with sub-divisional magistrate, district panchayati raj officer, block development officers, assistant development officers and others, district magistrate Agra Pankaj Kumar ordered officers to book those persons who are adamant and still prefer open defecation.
Speaking to TOI, district Panchayati Raj officer T C pandey said, "A CrPc section 251 (Substance of accusation to be stated. When in a summons - case the accused appears or is brought before the Magistrate, the particulars of the offence of which he is accused shall be stated to him, and he shall be asked whether he pleads guilty or) will be levied against offenders, who even after constant appeal and despite being aware about the health hazards and other aspects of open defecation still prefer to go outside in open on nature's call."
He said, "In a bid to check open defecation in the villages of Agra, World Bank team in collaboration with panchayat department had conducted five days exercise to encourage people for using toilets. A total of 695 panchayats under whom more than 2000 villages have been covered in the project to create awareness among villagers to build toilets with the help of government subsidy and avoid open defecation."
As per district administration, by August 15 Agra has to be made open defecation free. Currently, Nadia district of West Bengal, 610 villages under 312 village Panchayats in Indore district, Chawarpatha block in Narsinghpur district in Madhya Pradesh and 19 cities in Maharashtra such as Mahabaleshwar, Panchgani, Wai, Satara, Malkapur (Satara), Panhala, Malkapur (Kolhapur), Vengurla, Khed, Chiplun, Guhagar, Dapoli, Mahad, Roha, Matheran, Bhagur, Mowad, Kurduwadi, Karmala and B and C wards of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai have become free of open defecation.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...-land-people-in-jail/articleshow/51742220.cms
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