Mandya leads the way in toilet construction in Karnataka

: Mandya has become the first district in the state to reach the target in the construction of toilets under "Swacch Bharath Abhiyan"--- clean India campaign.
While the set target was 31,425 toilets, the district achieved it by October 2014, and has even launched construction of an additional 40,000 toilets.
The district had achieved 68 per cent target during 2013-14 by constructing 17,033 toilets.
Zilla Panchayat CEO Rohini Sindhuri said the baseline errors were rectified that led to the district achieving the target.
Sindhuri said it not an easy task to reach the target and she had utilised the opportunity of visits to government schools and hostels during her official trips to stress on the construction of toilets at homes.

The teachers were given the responsibility of identifying students without a toilet at home and educating the parents. Anganwadi workers too played a major role in the success of building the toilets, she said in a statement.
The ZP also sent out voice messages of District-in-charge Minister Ambarish through cellphones. Street plays highlighting the importance of hygiene and publicity through public address system was also taken up, Sindhuri said.
Weekly meetings with executive and nodal officers and video conferences with panchayat development officers were also conducted every fortnight, she added.