Nilgiris District Collector Innocent Divya distributed Rs.4.5 lakhs to 61 beneficiaries at a Swacch Bharath Awareness campaign function organized at Ullathi, Eppanadu and Ajjur in Udhagamandalam panchayat union limits.
The collector distributed cheques of Rs, 3.5 lakhs of 61 self-help group members for meeting the expenses to construct individual toilets at their houses and Rs.1 lakh to 20 other beneficiaries for the same purpose.
Speaking on the occasion she said it is aimed to make Nilgiris district, an open defecation free districts, under Swacch Bharath Mission. Grants are being given to beneficiaries to construct individual toilets and use it.
Later the collector inspected the group houses being constructed at the cost of Rs.17 lakh at Alagarmalai and ordered the officials to expedite the works.