A high-level Nigerian delegation of parliamentarians met Union Rural Development Minister CP Joshi and evinced interest in the development initiatives of the Government of India for the rural population.

The 20-member Nigerian team was led by Chairman of House Committee on Millennium Development Goals of that country Adewale Aribisala.

UNICEF India Country Office representative Karin Hulshof on Wednesday assured full support to the Government to accelerate the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) while addressing an assembly of Deputy Commissioners, Zila Parishad representatives, Government engineers and other officials here.

As many as 253 gram panchayats have been declared

KHONSA, Feb 4: The Tirap District Water & Sanitation Committee headed by the Deputy Commissioner as Chairman and PHED Executive Engineer as Member Secretary was constituted here yesterday.

The State government will construct 33 lakh toilets in the next two years, announced Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Jagadish Shettar on Thursday.

JOWAI: The Jaintia Hills Deputy Commissioner has declared Jowai town as a "free plastic zone" under the Total Sanitation Campaign.

The declaration was made on Thursday, on the occasion of the 38th Statehood day.

As many as 23 Gram Panchayats in the district will be receiving Nirmal Gram Puraskar on January 28. With this all 203 GPs in the district will be getting the Nirmal Gram tag.

District Chief Planning Officer T J Takat Rao informed this to the district vigilance and monitoring committee meeting chaired by MP Nalin Kumar Kateel at Zilla Panchayat here on Wednesday.

KOHIMA, Dec 27: Stating that sanitation is a basic requirement for ensuring a better quality of life, the State Government aims to achieve complete sanitation coverage in Nagaland through Total Sanitation Campaign in keeping with the Government of India target of

BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today called upon the panchayat representatives to create a clean atmosphere in the villages through the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC).