10 years of Swachh Bharat Mission | 08 Oct 2024
Recently, the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) marked its 10th anniversary on 2nd October 2024.
- About:
- It was launched on 2nd October 2014 by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
- It was also divided into SBM-Gramin for rural areas and SBM-Urban for urban centers.
- Aim:
- It aimed to make India Open Defecation Free (ODF) by constructing individual and community toilets, and to implement waste management systems in school and anganwadi toilets.
- An area can be notified or declared as ODF if at any point of the day, not even a single person is found defecating in the open.
- It aimed to make India Open Defecation Free (ODF) by constructing individual and community toilets, and to implement waste management systems in school and anganwadi toilets.
- Achievements:
- Under the mission, 10 crore toilets were built, and almost 6 lakh villages have been designated as ODF on 2nd October, 2019.
- Upon completing five years in 2021, the government launched SBM 2.0 focusing on creating garbage-free cities, managing faecal sludge, addressing plastic waste, and improving greywater management.
- Urban India has become ODF, with all 4,715 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) completely ODF.
- Under the mission, 10 crore toilets were built, and almost 6 lakh villages have been designated as ODF on 2nd October, 2019.
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