Ministry of Jal Shakti Celebrates 75th Republic Day, 2024

A special event was organized by the Ministry of Jal Shakti to honour women change makers of SBM-G in New Delhi last evening. This landmark event was aimed at fostering collaboration and driving progress. It was planned not just for celebration but for meaningful policy discussions. These interactions commemorated the achievements of the women change makers in the sanitation sector and provided an opportunity for insightful exchanges that could influence future policy directions. This event brought together over 475 women from across the country in a vibrant dialogue with the Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Minister of State of Jal Shakti, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar.

Shri Jitendra Srivastava, Joint Secretary & Mission Director, SBM-G welcomed the participants and congratulated the women changers makers ‘for being the change they want to see in the world.’ He updated on the SBM progress across the country that shall soon witness more and more villages moving to the ODF Plus Model category, thanks to the zeal and motivation of the women leaders. A ODF Plus Model villages sustains its ODF status, has arrangements for solid and liquid waste management and is visually clean.