BHUBANESWAR: For instilling a sense of sanitation and making people aware of use of toilets 81 panchayats of nine districts will get Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP), a national award for fully sanitised and open defecation-free panchayats under Total Sanitation Programme-2010.

Representatives of 12 panchayats will be awarded by President of India for total sanitation at a national-level function in