Jaya allots Rs 10 crore for sanitary complexes

Chennai: In continuance of the state government’s efforts to make Tamil Nadu free of open defecation by 2015, chief minister Jayalalithaa on Thursday ordered the construction of 77 integrated modern sanitary complexes at a cost of Rs 10 crore, a release said.

“The modern santiary complexes will be built in 73 town pa­nchayats to achieve the state’s goal of ending open air defecati­on in the state,” an official rel­ease stated.

The state government has already taken up several measu­res to encourage public in semi-urban and rural areas to build toilets in their home by increasing the funds provided by the state to built toilets.

In the year 2011-12, the state government has made a detailed plan to build toilets and sanitary complexes across the state, especially for wo­men, and has allocated several crores of rupees towards the project implementation in phases. In the first phase alone, Rs 19.83 crore were utilised for building sanitary complexes in 52 town panchayats.