Arun Lata Sharma

Sitamarhi :  Sitamarhi District in North Bihar has been included in the India Book of Records 2018 edition for achieving a record in a single day handwashing under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. District Magistrate Ranjeet Kumar Singh received a medal and a recitation and a copy of India Book of Records by its editor Vishwarup Chaudhay on October 15, 2018, on the International Handwashing Day.
More than 22 lakh people including school children participated in handwashing programme under the supervision of the district administration on July 25, 2018, in Sitamarhi district. It may be mentioned here that Sitamarhi is the first ODF district of Bihar. Sitamarhi is 132 km away from Bihar capital Patna.

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