Sanitation facilities suggested for Rajshahi rural people

RAJSHAHI, Nov 2 (BSS): Speakers at a community level discussion said there should be adequate measures for providing sanitation facilities for the village people to make them free from various airborne and waterborne diseases.
They viewed time has come to strengthen the local government institutions especially the Union Parishad (UP) for attaining the 100 percent coverage of hygiene, sanitation and water supply targets in the rural areas successfully.
Besides, they put emphasis on ensuring full-length rights, power and responsibility to the UPs so that they could work for the betterment of the rural people according to their demands.
Harian UP under Paba Upazila of the district organized the discussion and prize-giving session at its complex premises to gear up the 'National Sanitation Campaign for all-2014' to mark the National Sanitation Month October-2014 and World Hand washing Day-2014 yesterday. Hygiene, Sanitation and Water Supply (HYSAWA) Project supported the event.
Ayen Uddin, MP, addressed the programme as chief guest with UP Chairman Mofidul Islam Bachhu in the chair.