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NEW HOPE
NEW DAWN SWACHH BHARAT MISSION

TOWARDS A CLEAN INDIA

n the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2, 2014, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi launched Swachh Bharat Mission. Since then following the
Ofootsteps of Gandhiji India is heading towards becoming a clean nation by adopting
and practicing all hygienic norms. More and more people extended their support to this
initiative and it became a mass movement. India was able to provide more than targeted
households and public toilets. All panchayats became open defecation free. In total, toilets
were provided for more than 60 Crore people. There has been a drastic change in the
attitude of the people as well. Now, not just authorities but people too are participating in
keeping the locality clean
HEADING FORWARD MEETING EXPECTATIONS
WITH NEW AIMS l Under Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban), the aim was to build

5,89,967 domestic toilets. It managed to build 62,28,372 toilets
which is 106 per cent of the target
l Similarly, more public toilets were built than the target. The aim
was to build 5,07,589 community toilets. So far, 59,556 toilets
are constructed which is 117 per cent of the
l With ODF sustainability target Out of
and Solid and Liquid Waste l Garbage collection from home is taking place
Management (SLWM) as the in 4,372 cities and 8,434 wards 4,340
aim the second phase of l As per Swachh Survekshan 2020, more ODF cities,
the Swachh Bharat Mission than 12 Crore citizens of 4,242 cities, 62
(Grameen) was launched. It cantonment boards and 97 towns along 1,319
would be implemented from the Ganga River participated in the survey. are declared
2020-21 to 2024-25 in a mission Indore was declared as India’s cleanest city ODF+ and
mode with a total outlay of for the fourth time in a row
approximately Rs 1.40 Lakh l With social welfare schemes, more than 489
Crore 5.5 Lakh sanitation workers and 84,000 rag are made
l For cleanliness in rural areas, pickers were added into the mainstream ODF++
a 10-year-action-plan was l In more than 77 per cent wards in the country,
launched in September 2019
l With ODF+, ODF++, star rating garbage separation is being done with machines
for garbage-free cities and l Between October 2, 2014, and December 15, 2020, a total
annual survey, cleanliness is of 10,72,35,435 domestic toilets were constructed under the
maintained Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)
l The Swachh Survekshan l Across India, more than 6 Lakh villages in 706 districts are ODF
Survey 2021 will be conducted l As per a 2018 report from the World Health Organisation, more
from January 4 to 31, 2021 than three Lakh lives were saved from diarrhoea
l Now, about 60,000 toilets can l As per a 2019 report from the UNICEF, 75.5 Lakh full time
be located on Google maps in jobs were created under the Swachh Bharat Mission between
2,900 cities October 2014 and February 2019
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