UP to become ODF by October 2, 2019: CM Adityanath
6 years, 3 months ago

UP to become ODF by October 2, 2019: CM Adityanath

India TV News  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said that the state would become open defecation free by October 2, 2019, with his government constructed over 1.36 crore toilets in the last 17 months. And since October 2, 2014, to March 2017, only about 25 lakh toilets were built in the state," Yogi said while interacting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the launch of the 'Swachhata Hi Seva Movement' as a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi through the NaMo app. "And we came to power in the state in March 2017, we took the cleanliness campaign as a mission and within 17 months we have been able to construct 1.36 crore toilets in the state," the BJP leader said. Adityanath said that after the base line survey for the small families, by October 2, 2019 no families would left without toilets in the state.

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Over 90% villages in Punjab, three other states achieved ODF Plus status: Centre
1 month ago

Over 90% villages in Punjab, three other states achieved ODF Plus status: Centre

Hindustan Times  

Over 90% of villages in Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have achieved Open Defecation Free Plus status, the Jal Shakti ministry said on Tuesday. Open Defecation Free Plus is an advanced sanitation benchmark under the Swachh Bharat Mission, aimed at sustaining and enhancing the outcomes of ODF status.While the ODF status is achieved when a community eliminates open …

Berhampur's ODF status questioned as public toilets remain neglected
2 months, 1 week ago

Berhampur's ODF status questioned as public toilets remain neglected

New Indian Express  

BERHAMPUR: Berhampur city was declared open defecation-free in 2018. Two years later, the Berhampur Municipal Corporation was awarded ODF++ ranking in the Swachhata Sarvekshan conducted by the Centre. But the acute shortage of functional public toilets and garbage strewn in the open belie the very notion of sanitation. In the absence of functional public toilets, people are forced to urinate …

From Open Defecation to ODF Plus: Swachh Bharat Mission's Remarkable Journey Towards Total Cleanliness
1 year, 3 months ago

From Open Defecation to ODF Plus: Swachh Bharat Mission's Remarkable Journey Towards Total Cleanliness

News 18  

The Uttar Pradesh government, during the second phase of the Swachh Bharat Mission, proudly announced that all of its 95,767 villages had attained the ODF Plus status, marking a remarkable 100 per cent success rate for the state. Over 4.43 lakh villages, which is 75 per cent of all Indian villages, have voluntarily proclaimed their ODF Plus status, marking a …

Swachh Bharat Mission: Uttar Pradesh villages declare themselves open defecation free plus
1 year, 3 months ago

Swachh Bharat Mission: Uttar Pradesh villages declare themselves open defecation free plus

The Hindu  

Uttar Pradesh has become the latest state to declare itself Open Defecation Free Plus joining a league of 10 other States that have achieved a similar status. An ODF+ model village is one which is sustaining its ODF status and has arrangements for both solid waste management and liquid waste management; and observes visual cleanliness, i.e., minimal litter, minimal stagnant …

Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2023: CM Baghel questions Open Defecation Free status in letter to PM Modi
1 year, 4 months ago

Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2023: CM Baghel questions Open Defecation Free status in letter to PM Modi

India TV News  

Ahead of the assembly elections, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, questioning the state's Open defecation-free status. In his letter, Baghel said that there are still many villages in the state that do not have toilets and that the government's claims of ODF status are misleading. He also said that the government's survey methodology …

Top-notch ‘aspirational’ toilets to usher in change
1 year, 8 months ago

Top-notch ‘aspirational’ toilets to usher in change

The Hindu  

A quarter of all new public restrooms in Indian cities will soon have high-end features such as luxurious bath cubicles, touchless flushing, breast-feeding rooms, and automatic sanitary napkin incinerators. “A directive has been sent to all State governments to ensure that henceforth 25% of public toilet seats added in any city or urban unit are ‘aspirational toilets’,” sources in the …

Survey data again casts doubt over reality of open defecation-free India
4 years ago

Survey data again casts doubt over reality of open defecation-free India

Live Mint  

In late 2019, the Narendra Modi government attempted to delay and then discredit an official survey that showed sanitation coverage was far lower than it was claimed. Another major government survey has now confirmed the trend: in five states, over one-third of the rural population still lack exclusive access to ‘improved’ sanitation for their households. By the end of 2020, …

All Urban Areas in Haryana, Every City in Punjab Open Defecation Free: Govt
4 years, 4 months ago

All Urban Areas in Haryana, Every City in Punjab Open Defecation Free: Govt

News 18  

All urban areas in Haryana have been certified as open defecation free, the Union housing and urban affairs ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. It stated that all cities in Punjab have been certified ODF, while Chandigarh has achieved 100 per cent door-to-door waste collection. Chandigarh is currently processing 91 per cent of the 482 tonnes per day waste …

India’s toilet stats raise a stink
5 years ago

India’s toilet stats raise a stink

Live Mint  

India’s villages are now officially open defecation free, according to those who were assigned this target: the sanitation department, now subsumed under the Jal Shakti ministry. The 76th NSS round conducted by the National Statistical Organization found that as of September 2018, 28.7% of India’s rural households lacked access to toilets and 32% practised open defecation. In case of the …

Open defecation-free India: National Statistical Office survey debunks Swachh Bharat claims
5 years, 1 month ago

Open defecation-free India: National Statistical Office survey debunks Swachh Bharat claims

The Hindu  

The latest National Statistical Office survey on sanitation debunked the claims of an open defecation-free or ODF India made by the Centre’s flagship Swachh Bharat scheme, although it did record great progress in toilet access and use in rural areas. In Gujarat, which was one of the earliest States declared ODF, back in October 2017, almost a quarter of all …

India declared open defecation free, but in Mumbai's Mahim, slum residents face a different reality
5 years, 3 months ago

India declared open defecation free, but in Mumbai's Mahim, slum residents face a different reality

Firstpost  

India was declared open defecation free by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an address from the Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad on the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. To them, the promise of a clean toilet is an election special, and the government’s claim of the country becoming open defecation free “a lie”. I say, carry out the Swachh Bharat …

CSE questions sustainability of Swachh Bharat Mission's public toilet initiative
5 years, 3 months ago

CSE questions sustainability of Swachh Bharat Mission's public toilet initiative

Firstpost  

The group asked how will these toilets be kept functional and waste generated be disposed of efficiently. The Centre for Science and Environment has questioned the sustainability of the government’s Swachh Bharat Mission and raised concerns over the maintenance of the nearly 100 million toilets constructed under the ambitious programme. India has built 100 million toilets in about six lakh …

Toilet targets: On ending open defecation
5 years, 3 months ago

Toilet targets: On ending open defecation

The Hindu  

India’s declaration on the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi that its rural areas are now open defecation-free will be acknowledged around the world as a milestone in its developmental journey. That 110 million toilets were built under this programme since then counts as an achievement in itself, even though many of these structures have been bootstrapped to ramshackle dwellings; …

Experts Question Government’s Claim of India Becoming ODF-Free
5 years, 3 months ago

Experts Question Government’s Claim of India Becoming ODF-Free

The Quint  

CSE director general Sunita Narain said till five years ago, India was home to 60 percent of the world's people who defecated in the open. "If the nation now achieves ODF status, it means a huge leap forward not only for it, but for the world as a whole. It will take the world a long way on its sustainable …

Opinion | Aaj Ki Baat October 2 episode: Modi fulfills one big promise, an open defecation free India
5 years, 3 months ago

Opinion | Aaj Ki Baat October 2 episode: Modi fulfills one big promise, an open defecation free India

India TV News  

More than five years ago, on August 15, 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his first address to the nation from the ramparts of historic Red Fort, vowed to fulfill Mahatma Gandhi's dream of a clean India on his 150th birth anniversary in 2019. October 2 this year was, in a sense, a day of celebration for Indian womanhood, as …

'India is open defecation free': Experts question govt claim, say scheme is ‘archaic’, people might slip back to their old habit
5 years, 3 months ago

'India is open defecation free': Experts question govt claim, say scheme is ‘archaic’, people might slip back to their old habit

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Experts on Wednesday questioned the government’s claim of the country becoming open defecation free, saying the data used for measuring the success of the scheme is “archaic” and people might be slipping back to their old habit. Speaking at the Swachch Bharat Diwas programme in Ahmedabad, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said rural India and its villages are now …

Prime Minister Modi declares country open defecation-free
5 years, 3 months ago

Prime Minister Modi declares country open defecation-free

The Hindu  

On the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared the country open defecation-free, claiming success for the government’s initiative under which every household now apparently has access to a toilet. I feel lucky that on this occasion, when India has successfully stopped open defecation, I’m here at the ashram,” the Prime Minister wrote …

Tamil Nadu 100 per cent free of open defecation, reveals data
5 years, 3 months ago

Tamil Nadu 100 per cent free of open defecation, reveals data

India TV News  

Tamil Nadu has achieved 100 per cent Open Defecation Free status as per data uploaded on the Swachh Bharat Mission website. According to the data, a total of 53,46,613 toilets have been built in the state since after the announcement, an increase of 51.65 per cent in the number of households with toilets. The objectives of the Mission are elimination …

PM Modi to declare India open defecation-free on October 2: Gujarat Deputy CM
5 years, 3 months ago

PM Modi to declare India open defecation-free on October 2: Gujarat Deputy CM

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will declare the country open defecation-free on the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2. Mr. Modi will make the declaration in the presence of over 20,000 village heads at a function at the Sabarmati Riverfront here during his visit to Gujarat, Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel said on Wednesday. Our …

Economic Survey: Many states became open defecation free since launch of Swachh Bharat
5 years, 6 months ago

Economic Survey: Many states became open defecation free since launch of Swachh Bharat

The Hindu  

Many states have achieved 100% open defecation free status and individual household latrine coverage since the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission, one of the largest cleanliness drives in the world, the Economic Survey 2018-19 said Thursday. The survey document, tabled in Parliament, said since the launch of the flagship programme in October 2014, over 9.5 crore toilets have been built …

Over nine crore toilets built, 5.5 lakh villages declared open defecation free since 2014, govt tells Lok Sabha
5 years, 11 months ago

Over nine crore toilets built, 5.5 lakh villages declared open defecation free since 2014, govt tells Lok Sabha

Firstpost  

More than nine crore toilets have been constructed across the country, while over 5 lakh villages have been declared ODF till 5 February this year under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin, govt tells Lok Sabha New Delhi: More than nine crore toilets have been constructed across the country till 5 February this year under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin launched in 2014, …

True or Not? Fact Checking Piyush Goyal’s Budget 2019 Speech
5 years, 11 months ago

True or Not? Fact Checking Piyush Goyal’s Budget 2019 Speech

The Quint  

CLAIM “More than 98% rural sanitation coverage has been achieved; close to 5.45 lakh villages have been declared open-defecation free,” claimed Finance Minister Piyush Goyal during the interim budget on 1 February 2019. Further, according to the Ministry’s data on ‘Status of declared and verified ODF Villages’, 5,49,594 villages have been declared open-defecation free, but the number of verified ODF …

Swachh Bharat Mission in Bihar stumbling due to govt corruption and slow construction of toilets, say villagers
6 years ago

Swachh Bharat Mission in Bihar stumbling due to govt corruption and slow construction of toilets, say villagers

Firstpost  

Patna: The progress of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s much-hyped programme to make the country open defecation free under Swachh Bharat Mission has been lackadaisical in Bihar, so much so that the evidence is in plentiful supply outside the capital city of Patna. Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, speaking at an event in Patna recently, said the state would be …

Four years of Swachh Bharat: Open defecation down 26%, but toilet use doesn't match construction spree
6 years ago

Four years of Swachh Bharat: Open defecation down 26%, but toilet use doesn't match construction spree

Firstpost  

Almost a 23 percent of those who own a latrine defecated in the open, a figure that has remained unchanged since the Swachh Bharat Mission was launched in 2014. New Delhi: More Indians living in villages owned a latrine in 2018 than four years ago, yet 44 percent of them still defecate in the open, according to a survey covering …

Open defecation continues unabated
6 years ago

Open defecation continues unabated

The Hindu  

New research on the impact of the Swachh Bharat Mission in the rural parts of four northern States shows that while open defecation has fallen and toilet ownership has increased, the percentage of people who owned toilets but continued to defecate in the open has remained unchanged between 2014 and 2018. A working paper released on Friday shows that approximately …

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