ITANAGAR, Nov 24: Governor Gen (Retd) J J Singh gave away the Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP) awards to ten Gram Panchayats in a glittering ceremony, organized by the Public Health Engineering Department, at the banquet hall of Raj Bhavan here today.

NEW DELHI: President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday called for enrolling women in a big way to make cleanliness a pivotal campaign in the rural areas and to build character and healthy habits among children.

Each and every member of the village should make honest efforts in achieving the target set by the Swachchatha Andolana, suggested Director of Grama Swachchtha Andolana institute Boregowda.

SILCHAR, Oct 7: The week-long

UNICEF has launched Total Sanitation Campaign throughout the State. As a part of the programme, the organisation organised some exceptional functions in several villages of Mayong revenue circle. As a nodal agency of UN organisation, the Public Health Engineering (PHE) organised essay completion, extempore speech among the school students.

On the occasion of the observation of Cleanliness Week from October 1 to 7, the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) was launched in Hailakandi district. On this occasion a district-level function was organised at Rabindra Bhawan in Hailakandi town on October 1 under the auspices of District Water & Sanitation Committee of the Department of Public Health Engineering.

Veerendra P M, Shimoga, Sep 21, DH News Service:

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NEW DELHI: The Centre plans to ensure safe drinking water to all habitations by 2012. It has also set a target of covering rural India under the

Bilaspur: Sixtyfive gram panchayats of the Bilaspur district, which had attained distinction in the Total Sanitation Programme within the target time, were given prizes worth Rs 1.24 crore here yesterday.