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| 2 years on, Govt fails to appoint BSOs | | Swatchh Bharat Mission | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 14: Swatchh Bharat Mission (SBM) may be a success in Urban areas, but in rural areas of J&K , this programme is confined to construction of lavatory blocks. The State Government has failed to appoint Block Sanitation Officers (BSOs) which were to be appointed at each block level by the Rural Development Department (RDD).
Details available with Early Times reveal that under Swatchh Bharat Mission (Grameen) all the State Governments have been advised to post a Government officer as a full time Block Sanitation Officer in each block of district . Till that is not made operational, the State governments may specifically officially assign SBM activities to a senior official posted at the Block level. He may be assisted by a Block Coordinator and a Data Entry Operator engaged on contract who shall be provided emoluments as decided by the State. As per sources the job is at present done at district level only by the District Panchayat Officers (DPOs) , and at block level there is no such officer to undertake this work…..
The Block level sanitation arrangement has to be tasked with handholding, supervising and monitoring every Gram Panchayat reads the SBM guidelines (Grameen). Every Block shall be provided with one computer with accessories. Internet connection including monthly charges shall be permissible per block.
Administrative component to be utilized under this project annually, will be up to 2% of programme expenditure in a year. This will be adjusted at the district level where the authority will be to incur expenditure of 1.8%. The State will be authorized to incur expenditure upto 0.2% of total program expenditure of all districts taken together. Sharing pattern of expenditure will be 75:25 between Centre and State, which will be adjusted at the end of financial year. Unspent balance in this component will be carried over to the next year.
States shall be permitted to utilise funds under this component as per its requirement. The Administrative Charges shall normally permit expenditure on salary of temporary staff and agencies deployed for the execution of various components of the SBM(G) at State, District, Block and GP levels, Support services, fuel charges, vehicle hire charges, stationery, monitoring & evaluation activities, TA/DA to Inter-State and Inter-District Survey teams deputed for monitoring and verification, exposure visits.
In order to implement the projects professionally, Specialists/ Consultants/Agencies from the fields of IEC, Human Resource Development, School sanitation & Hygiene education, SLWM, Monitoring and Evaluation etc. may be hired at the State and District levels for the project period.
Inspite of these clear cut guidelines under Swatchh Bharat Mission , the Rural Development Department (RDD) in J&K has failed to undertake Solid & Liquid Waste Management in different RDD blocks of State wherein waste produced in villages and small towns could be scientifically treated at local level. |
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