GAIBANDHA, Oct 8,2020(BSS)- Speakers at a meeting held here yesterday underlined the need for raising massive awareness about the use of sanitary latrines, safe drinking water and hygienic rules for a healthy and disease-free society.
‘The people of haor and chars are still defecating in open places affecting total sanitation coverage but they will have to be brought under the sanitation coverage at any cost’, they said.
They made the observation while participating in a preparatory meeting held Wednesday noon in observance of the upcoming Global Hand Washing Day-2020 and the National Sanitation Month.
Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Alamgir Kabir Saikat, Executive Engineer of Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) Mohammad Rezwan Hossain, Deputy Director Of Women Affairs Department Nargis Jahan, District Information Officer Md. Haidar Ali, representative of SKS Foundation Ashraful Alam and Coordinator of GUK Aftab Hossain among others spoke at the meeting,
The meeting adopted many decisions and a number of programmes have been chalked out to celebrate the National Sanitation Month And Global Hand Washing Day-2020 in the district in a befitting manner.
Global Hand Washing Day would be celebrated on October 15 in the district and the students of primary and high schools would be taught about proper hand washing systems from 9.30 am to 11 am simultaneously at respective academic institutions to save them from different diseases.
Executive Engineer of DPHE Mohammad Rezwan Hossain said the district has so far achieved 92.63 percent sanitation coverage and it will be brought under 100 percent coverage in order to achieve Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Alamgir Kabir Saikat urged all to turn the sanitation campaign into a social movement to achieve 100 percent sanitation coverage as declared by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina through stopping open defecation.
A good number of government officials, NGO representatives, and socials workers and the journalists of print and electronic media took part in the meeting.