RANGPUR: The present government has achieved tremendous success in ensuring hygienic sanitisation facilities improving life standard of the rural population to reduce water borne diseases and related deaths, reports BSS.
Divisional Commissioner Muhammad Dilwar Bakht said this while addressing a post-rally discussion arranged in observance of the National Sanitation Campaign October-2015 and World Hand Washing Day- 2015 on Tuesday as the chief guest.
Earlier, he formally inaugurated observance of the occasions by releasing balloons before leading a rally participated by officials, employees, teachers, students, civil society members and elite in the city streets.
The divisional and district administrations with Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) and NGO Forum organised the discussion followed by demonstration of hand-washing process for school students on the Divisional Commissioner’s Office premises.
Divisional Director of Local Government Abdul Mazid, Divisional Statistical Officer Nasir Uddin, Deputy Commissioner Md Rahat Anwar, ADC (General) Dr ATM Mahbubul Karim, Divisional Deputy Director of the Directorate of Primary Education Mohiuddin Ahmed Talukder, Senior District Information Officer Humayun Kabir, Executive Engineer of DPHE Mohammad Al-Amin, Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer Ziaur Rahman attended the post-rally discussion. The officials highly lauded the huge improvement in rural life standard following the success achieved in sanitation, pure drinking water and healthcare services to maintain clean environment and good hygienic condition.
The chief guest said the government’s sanitation campaign has already created a social renaissance reducing the recurrence of diarrhea, cholera, dysentery, hookworm and ringworm among rural people to the minimum in recent years.
He called for coordinated efforts of all concerned in creating mass public awareness on health, hygiene, sanitation, personal hygiene, using safe drinking water and achieve cent percent sanitation coverage everywhere at the earliest.
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