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11-10-2023 | 11:21 AM

Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) Phase II

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.

Key Highlights:

• 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.