Bihar govt pioneered 'toilets first' slogan: Nitish

Panchayats achieving 100 per cent sanitation would be given the ‘Nirmal gram panchayat' award.  The award would comprise Rs 5 lakh and a certificate, he said.

For block level, the ‘Nirmal Prakhand' prize of Rs 25 lakh would be given for achieving 100 per cent sanitation.  The Chief Minister said a bridge fund would be established in every panchayat with allocation of Rs 2 lakh to each. It could be used along with MGNREGA to construct toilets.

He said the Centre has been requested to raise the target to construct toilets for 2.19 crore people in villages.  Kumar said the state government wanted every household in the state to have a toilet by 2020.