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9.16 Crore Toilets Built Since 2014, Says Government

Darpan News Desk IANS, 09 Feb, 2019 04:21 AM

    More than nine crore toilets have been constructed across the country till February 5 this year under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin (SBM-G) launched in 2014, increasing the sanitation coverage in rural areas to over 98 per cent, the government said Thursday.


    Giving out the details of toilets constructed under the mission, Minister of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi said so far 27 states and 5.5 lakh villages have been declared open defecation free (ODF).


    "Under SBM(G), 9.16 crore toilets have been constructed till February 5, 2019. As a result, sanitation coverage in the rural areas of the country, which was 38.7 per cent on October 2, 2014, has increased to more than 98 per cent.


    "Twenty-seven states, 601 districts, 5,934 blocks, 2,46,116 gram panchayats and 5,50,151 villages have been declared ODF," he told the Lok Sabha on Thursday.


    The minister also said that since the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin in 2014, 9.16 crore individual household latrines (IHHLs) have been constructed till February 5 this year out of which, 5.22 crore individual household latrines have been constructed during the last two years.


    According to the government, the maximum funds under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin for the year 2018-19 were released to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar at Rs. 6,592.64 crore and Rs. 2,943.69 crore, respectively.


    The data provided by the government revealed that both the states received double amount of funds in 2018-19 compared to 2017-18.


    The government had launched the Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin from October 2, 2014 with an aim to attain open defecation free (ODF) India by October 2, 2019, by providing access to toilet facilities to all rural households in the country.


    The states and Union Territories which have been declared open defecation free are Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand.

    Giving out the details of toilets constructed under the mission, Minister of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi said so far 27 states and 5.5 lakh villages have been declared open defecation free (ODF).


    "Under SBM(G), 9.16 crore toilets have been constructed till February 5, 2019. As a result, sanitation coverage in the rural areas of the country, which was 38.7 per cent on October 2, 2014, has increased to more than 98 per cent.


    "Twenty-seven states, 601 districts, 5,934 blocks, 2,46,116 gram panchayats and 5,50,151 villages have been declared ODF," he told the Lok Sabha on Thursday.


    The minister also said that since the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin in 2014, 9.16 crore individual household latrines (IHHLs) have been constructed till February 5 this year out of which, 5.22 crore individual household latrines have been constructed during the last two years.


    According to the government, the maximum funds under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin for the year 2018-19 were released to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar at Rs. 6,592.64 crore and Rs. 2,943.69 crore, respectively.


    The data provided by the government revealed that both the states received double amount of funds in 2018-19 compared to 2017-18.


    The government had launched the Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin from October 2, 2014 with an aim to attain open defecation free (ODF) India by October 2, 2019, by providing access to toilet facilities to all rural households in the country.


    The states and Union Territories which have been declared open defecation free are Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand.

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