Srinagar, 11th January 2016 :
South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN), a government led biennial convention which is being held on a rotational basis in each SAARC country is being held at Dhaka this year 2016 .
From Jammu and Kashmir Showkat Ahmad Beigh , KAS Director Rural sanitation J&K will participate in South Asia Conference on Sanitation SACOSAN-VI reads a government order at GAD Site . The conference will be held at Dhaka, Bangladesh from 11th to 1 3 January 2016 and is being sponsored by UNICEF.
Talking over phone from Bangladesh, Beigh said “ SACOSANs provides a platform for interaction on sanitation and are intended to develop a Regional agenda on sanitation, enabling learning from the past experiences and setting actions for the future. The objectives of such conferences are to accelerate the progress in sanitation and hygiene promotion in South Asia and to enhance quality of people’s life. The SACOSAN process is instrumental to generate political wills towards better sanitation in the region. South Asian countries namely; Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are the participating countries. The first conference was held in Bangladesh in 2003, the second in Pakistan in 2006, the third in India in 2008, the fourth in Sri Lanka in 2011 and fifth the fifth in Nepal in 2013”.
Recently Beigh was awarded with Bharat Jhoti award at New delhi and has been also awarded with Chief ministers Honesty and integrity award By Government of Jammu and Kashmir in 2014