Bemetara receives ‘Swachhata Darpan’ Award
   Date :13-Jan-2020

Bemetara receives Swachha
 Bemetara Collector Shikha Rajput Tiwari and Zila Panchayat CEO Prakash Kumar Sarve receiving award from Aamir Khan.
 
Staff Reporter :
 
RAIPUR,
 
Bemetara Collector Shikha Rajput received the coveted Swachhata Darpan Award from Aamir Khan, Actor and Founder, Paani Foundation at a glittering function held at the national capital. Bemetara was among the top ten districts identified for the Swachhata Darpan Award 2020 at national level under Swacha Bharat Mission. The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), Union Ministry of Jal Shakti, organized the ODF Sustainability workshop at New Delhi, with a special session by Aamir Khan. On the occasion the Swachhata Darpan Awards were presented by Aamir Khan to the best performing districts on key Swachhata parameters.
 
The Award has been instituted to encourage the states and districts to focus on Open Defecation Free (ODF) sustainability and social and liquid waste management. Bemetara Collector Shikha Rajput Tiwari and Zila Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Prakash Kumar Sarve participated in the event and received the coveted Award from Aamir Khan. Other districts which received the said Award were East Godavari (Andhra Pradesh), West Kameng (Arunachal Pradesh), Diu (Daman and Diu), Panipat (Haryana), Vadodara (Gujarat), Kolhapur (Maharashtra), Moga (Punjab), East Sikkim (Sikkim) and Pedappali (Telangana).
 
Four districts – Dibrugarh (Assam), Sirmaur (Himachal Pradesh), Indore (Madhya Pradesh) and Puri (Odisha) – were also awarded for innovations and initiatives for Plastic Waste Management. On the occasion Aamir Khan lauded the District officials for Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin). He lauded the work done at the grassroots by the officials and shared his experience with initiatives made by Paani Foundation in the area of water conservation. The gathered officials shared best practices from their districts for promoting ODF Sustainability goals and explore areas for future initiatives with the celebrated actor.