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E File no. Q-1401S/S/2017-StatGovernment of India

Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation(Stat Cell)******** 8th Floor, Pt. Deendayal

'Antyodaya Bhawan'CGO Complex, Lodhi Road,

New Delhi-110003Date: 2-~July, 2017

To,Principal Secretaries / Secretaries in charge of Rural Sanitation in Bihar,Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal states.

Subject: Field visit for verification of ODF status under Swachh Bharat Mission -<; ~Gramin(SBM-G) scheme of the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

(MoDWS) in villages under Namami Gange districts by the InstitutionalNational Level Monitors (NLMs)-

The Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation (GoI) has been mandated to achieveSwachhBharat by 2019, as a fitting tribute to the 150th Birth Anniversary of MahatmaGandhi,which in rural areas shall mean improving the levelsof cleanlinessin rural areas through Solidand LiquidWaste Management activities and making Gram PanchayatsOpen Defecation Free(ODF), clean and sanitized.

2. The Ministry has engaged a number of Institutional National Level Monitors (NLMs),for the assessmentof ODFstatus of the selected 700 villages under Namami Gangedistrictsin Bihar, Uttar Pradeshand West Bengal states of the country.

3. For the aforesaid purpose, the representatives from the Institutional NLMs (as perlist enclosed Annexure -B) would visit the selectedvillages in districts of above mentionedstates. Principal Secretaries / Secretaries in charge of Rural Sanitation in the States andDistricts Administration of these States are requested to provide the necessarysupport to theInstitutional NLMsfor carrying out the monitoring work effectively.

4. Further, All the State / District authorities and Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin)programme implementing agenciesmay pleasenotethe following:-

a) List of all the NLMs engaged by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation areavailableon the website of this Ministry (www.mdws.gov.in) under the link 'Monitoringand Evaluation'.

b) As the NLMs will be paid TA/DA and other monitoring charges by the Ministry ofDrinking Water and Sanitation, no expenseswould be borne by the State / Districtsauthorities in this regard.

c) The NLMsare reimbursed the cost of boarding / lodging and travel expenses. In casesubsidized (or free) lodging / travel facility is provided to the NLMs, Districtsadministration may issue a certificate to the concerned NLMsto that effect, indicatingthe details and with a copy endorsed to this Ministry. In case subsidized (or free)

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lodging / travel facility is not provided, a certificate to that effect may be issued to theconcerned NLMs, if they request.

d) Whenever NLMs will be deputed to any district, a copy of the assignment letter wouldbe endorsed to the State SBM Coordinator, District Collector, Districts Magistrate andDistrict SBM Coordinator.

e) In case of any undesirable action by any of the NLM(s), the same should beimmediately brought to the notice of this Ministry indicating the details.

Encl: As mentioned above.

Yours Sincerely,

E-Mail: hiranya.borah@nic.in

Copy to:1. State SBM(G) Coordinators of Bihar, Uttar Pradeshand West Bengal states.2. The District Collector/ District Magistrate / District SBM (G) coordinators of

Districts (as per list enclosedAnnexure- A)3. The institutional NLMs(as per list enclosed Annexure - B)4. TD-NIC (MoDWS)for hosting on website.

Copy for information to:1. PPSto Secretary (MoDWS)

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Annexure- A

To the District collector/ District Magistrate / District SBM (G) coordinators of following Districts

S1. District Name State NameNo.

1 BEGUSARAIBIHAR

2 BHAGALPURBIHAR

3 BHOJPURBIHAR

4 BUXARBIHAR

5 KATIHARBIHAR

6 KHAGARIA BIHAR

7 LAKHISARAI BIHAR

8 MUNGER BIHAR

9 PATNABIHAR

10 SAMASTIPUR BIHAR

11 SARANBIHAR

12 VAISHALlBIHAR

13 ALLAHABADUTTAR PRADESH

14 BALLlAUTTAR PRADESH

15 BIJNORUTTAR PRADESH

16 BUDAUNUTTAR PRADESH

17 BULANDSHAHRUTI AR PRADESH

18 CHANDAULlUTI AR PRADESH

19 FARRUKHABAD UTTAR PRADESH

20 FATEHPURUTI AR PRADESH

21 GHAZIPURUTTAR PRADESH

22 HAPURUTI AR PRADESH

23 HARDOIUTI AR PRADESH

24JYOTIBA PHULE NAGAR(AMROHA)

UTI AR PRADESH

25 KANNAUJUTI AR PRADESH

26 KANPUR NAGAR UTI AR PRADESH

27 KANSHIRAM NAGAR (KASGANJ) UTI AR PRADESH

28 KAUSHAMBI UTI AR PRADESH

29 MEERUTUTI AR PRADESH

30 MIRZAPURUTI AR PRADESH

31 RAE BARELl UTIAR PRADESH

32SANT RAVIDAS NAGAR(BHAOOHl)

UTI AR PRADESH

33 SHAHJAHANPUR UTI AR PRADESH

34 UNNAOUTI AR PRADESH

35 VARANASI UTTAR PRADESH

36 MALDA WEST BENGAL

37 MURSHlDABAD WEST BENGAL

38 SOUTH 24 PARAGANAS WEST BENGAL

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Annexure- B

Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MoDWS)

Field visit for verification of ODF status under Swachh Bharat Mission -Gramin (SBM-G) schemeof the MoDWS in villages under Namami Gange districts by the Institutional National Level

Monitors (NLMs)-

List of allotted Districts to the institutional NLMs

Sl No. ofSlNo. State District alloted Institutional National Level Monitor (NLM)No.Villages

1 UTIAR BALLIA 25 Aaryan foundation for Research and1PRADESH Action, New Delhi

2 WESTBENGAL MURSHIDABAD 25 Awadh Research Foundation, Lucknow 2

3 BIHAR BEGUSARAI 10

4 BIHAR KHAGARIA 10 BabuRamGramotthan Sansthan*,Hardoi (3UP)

5 BIHAR LAKHISARAI 7

6 UTIAR UNNAO 25 Centre for Development Research,4PRADESH Hyderabad ( Andhra Pradesh)

7 WESTBENGAL MALDA 10Centre for logical research and studies,

5SOUTH 24 New Delhi8 WESTBENGAL PARAGANAS 12

9 BIHAR PATNA 20Centre for Management Development,

610 BIHAR SAMASTIPUR 6 Thiruvananthapuram(Kerala)

11 WESTBENGAL MURSHIDABAD 25 Centre for Rural Management,7Kottayam( Kerala )

12 BIHAR KATIHAR 15Development facilitators, New Delhi 813 BIHAR MUNGER 15

14 UTIAR BUDAUN 25 Harshal Gramin Vikas Bahu Sansthan,9PRADESH Chadrapur (Maharashtra)

15 UTIAR CHANDAULI 25 Indian institute of Education, Pune (10PRADESH Maharashtra )

16 UTIAR RAEBARELI 25 Institute for Human Development,11PRADESH Indraprastha Estate, New Delhi

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17UTTAR FARRUKHABAD 25

Jan Shikshan Sansthan*, Rohtak 12

PRADESH(Haryana)

18UTTAR FATEHPUR 15PRADESH

Marathwada Institute for TrainingResearch Education & Employment( 13

19UTTAR KANPUR NAGAR 10

MAITREE), Aurangabad ( Maharashtra )

PRADESH

20 BIHAR BHOJPUR 10Midstream Marketing & Research Pvt

21 BIHAR BUXAR 10 Ltd, New Delhi" 14

22UTTAR VARANASI 7PRADESH

UTTARSANT RAVIDAS Natural Resources India Foundation,

23 PRADESHNAGAR( 25 New Delhi

15

BHADOHI)

24UTTAR GHAZIPUR 25

Operations Research Group Pvt. Ltd.. 16

PRADESHNew Delhi

25UTTAR GHAZIPUR 25

Rural Development & Social Welfare 17

PRADESHAssociation, Deogarh (Jharkhand)

Rural economicand educational

26 BIHAR BHAGALPUR 25 development society,Hyderabad( Andhra 18

Pradrsh)

27 BIHAR VAl SHALl 10

UTTAR

Rural Integrated and Social Education

28 PRADESHBULANDSHAHR 6 Society(RISES) Andhra Pradesh 19

29UTTAR HARDOI 6PRADESH

30UTTAR KANNAUJ 8PRADESH

KANSHIRAMSamar pan society for social services, 20

UTTARNew Delhi

31 PRADESHNAGAR 16

(KASGANJ)

32 BIHAR SARAN 25 Seva Bharathi Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh 21

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33UTfAR

HAPUR 7PRADESH

UTfAR Social Development and Research34 PRADESH KAUSHAMBI 10 Foundation, Lucknow (UP) 22

35 UTfARSHAH]AHANPUR 8PRADESH

36 UTfARALLAHABAD 25 Society for Indian Institute of Rural

23PRADESH Management, Jaipur, Rajasthan

UTfAR ]YOTIBA PHULE Socio-Economic Research &37 PRADESH NAGAR 25Development Organisation, New Delhi 24

(AMROHA)

38 UTfARMIRZAPUR 25 Support for Implementation & Research,

25PRADESH Lucknow

39 UTfARBI]NOR 13PRADESH The Creative centre for rural

2640 UTfAR

MEERUT 9development, New Delhi

PRADESH

41 UTfARMIRZAPUR 25 Urmul Seemant Samitee Bajju, Bikaner (

27PRADESH Rajasthan)

42 UTTAR MIRZAPUR 25 Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi28PRADESH ( Jharkhand)

TOTAL Villages 700

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