Kakching ranked the cleanest district headquarter of Manipur

Our Correspondent Imphal, Aug. 12: Kakching becomes the cleanest district headquarters of Manipur. This came to light when the Municipal administration, housing & urban development (Mahud) announced the result of second state level swacchhata award 2018 on cleanliness and sanitation in all the district headquarters of Manipur. Secretary Mahud Mongjam Joy Singh issued an official notice in this regard on Saturday, reports said. As per the notice, with 306 scores, Kakching bagged the cleanest district headquarters title while Imphal West district second cleanest district headquarters title with 298 scores. Thoubal district headquarters became the third cleanest title with 297 scores. Churachandpur bagged the 6th rank with a score of 253; Senapati bagged 8th rank with 234 scores while Tamenglong 12th ranked with 161 scores. Pherzawl bagged the 16th rank with just 57 scores. Meanwhile 27 urban local bodies of the state were declared Open Defecation Free (ODF). Heirok under Thoubal district is the last to be declared ODF whereas Bishnupur was the first to be declared ODF. The 27 urban local bodies which are declared ODF are Andro Nagar, Bishnupur, Heirok, Imphal, Jiribam, Kakching, Kakching Khunou, Kumbi, Kwakta, Lamlai, Lamshang, Lilong-I, Lilong-II, Mayang Imphal, Moirang, Nambol, Ningthoukhong, Oinam, Samurou, Sekmai Bazar, Sikhong Sekmai, Sugnu, Thongkhong Laxmi, Thoubal, Wangjing Lamding, Wangoi and Yairipok. The Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) which is implementing Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM)-Gramin, a flagship programme of the central government and under this 4,46,401 rural individual households, 3919 government schools, 1201 Angawadis of the state are to be provided sanitary latrine by Oct. 2, 2019, has been reportedly directed to achieve ODF by August 15, 2018. Following the directives, even if the whole state cannot be covered, the urban local bodies (ULBs) have been declared ODF.