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Source: The post is based on the article “India Achieves Major Sanitation Milestone As 75% Villages Are Now ODF Plus under Swachh Bharat Mission – Grameen” published in PIB on 25th September 2023
What is the News?
India has achieved a significant milestone under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) Phase II, with 75% of its villages now attaining the ODF Plus status.
What is Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) Phase II?
Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen (SBMG) was launched in 2014.
It is the world’s largest sanitation campaign that led to the construction of over 100 million individual household toilets over a five-year period, taking sanitation coverage from 39% in 2014 to 100% in 2019.
More than 6 lakh villages declared themselves Open Defecation Free (ODF) by 2nd October, 2019.
Having achieved ODF status SBM-G Phase II was launched in 2020-21 with the objective of transforming all the villages from ODF to ODF Plus.
An ODF Plus village is one which has sustained its Open Defecation Free (ODF) status along with implementing either solid or liquid waste management systems.
The major components of the Phase-II of SBM-G are Sustaining Open Defecation Free Status (ODF-S), Solid (Bio-degradable) Waste Management, Plastic Waste Management (PWM), Liquid Waste Management (LWM), Faecal Sludge Management (FSM), GOBARdhan, Information Education and Communication/Behavior Change Communication (IEC/BCC) and Capacity Building.
SBM-G Phase-II has set the ambitious target of making all villages ODF Plus by 2025.
What is the status of Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) Phase II?
Three-fourth of the total villages in the country i.e 75% villages have achieved ODF Plus status under Phase II of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen).
The top performing States/UTs which have achieved 100% ODF Plus villages are – Andaman & Nicobar Islands, D&N Haveli, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Ladakh, Puducherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Tripura.
Among States/UTs – Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Dadra Nagar Haveli & Daman Diu, Jammu & Kashmir and Sikkim have 100% ODF Plus Model villages.
