CENTRAL FUNDS TO MADHYA PRADESH FOR RURAL SANITATION AND WASTELANDS DEVELOPMENT

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Ministry of Rural Development has released Rs. 121.56 lakh to the two districts of Madhya Pradesh towards the Central Assistance under the Total Sanitation Campaign of the Central Rural Sanitation Programme.

Sl.No.	Name of the district	Amount (Rs. In lakh)
1.	Seoni	65.12
2.	Ujjain	56.44
	Total :	121.56

The Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) focuses on awareness generation to create demand for sanitation facilities. Financial support is given for construction of individual household toilets by the below poverty line (BPL), school toilets for all government schools in the rural areas with emphasis on separate toilets for girls in all co-educational schools, toilets for Anganwadi and Balwadi centres, Community Sanitary Complexes for women in villages where land availability with individuals is a problem and people are ready to own, operate and maintain such complexes.

Ministry has released Rs. 68.91 lakh to Gwalior and Ujjain District for development of wastelands under "Integrated Wastelands Development Project". Gwalior gets Rs. 40.97 lakh while Ujjain gets Rs.27.94 lakh for implementation of the programme.