Swachh Bharat Mission picks up momentum in urban areas
Gujarat, MP, Karnataka, AP, Chattisgarh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Telangana in the forefront
Delhi leads in construction of community and public toilet seats;
Gujarat leads in construction of individual household toilets and Tamil
Nadu in Solid Waste Management
Implementation
of Swachh Bharat Mission in urban areas of the country has picked up
momentum during the first three months of current financial year.
Applications have been received from the States and Union Territories
for construction of 30,41,097 individual household toilets as against
the target of construction of one crore such toilets by the year 2019
out of which the Ministry of Urban Development has sanctioned 13,64,814
toilets. Regarding construction of over 5 lakh community and public
toilet seats, the Ministry has sanctioned 82,438.
Under the Swachh Bharat Mission in urban areas, 17,411 community and
public toilet seats have been built during April-June, 2015 as against
1,222 during October-March of the last financial year. During the said
period, 1,13,000 individual household toilets have been constructed as
against 2.70 lakhs built during the six months of last financial year.
Since the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission in October last year, a total
of 3.83 lakh individual household toilets and 17,411 community and
public toilets have been constructed. In respect of Solid Waste
Management, 28,908 wards out of the total of 78,003 wards in all the
States/UTs have reported 100% door to door collection of solid waste.
About 21% of municipal solid waste is being processed as against the
target of 44% for March,2016.
Regarding construction of individual household toilets, Gujarat is way
ahead of others having built 2,64,331 followed by Madhya Pradesh with
99,151. These two states together account for 94% of the total toilets
built till the end of June,2015. These two States are followed by Andhra
Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab and Maharashtra.
Delhi leads the list of performers in respect of community and public
toilets having constructed 5,776 toilet seats followed by
Chattisgarh(3,570), Maharashtra(2,520), Chandigarh((2,424) and
Karnataka(1,680). These five accounted for 86% of total number of
community and public toilet seats constructed so far.
Tamil Nadu is way ahead of others in Solid Waste Management with 9,935
wards out of the total of 13,667 wards reporting 100% door to door
collection of waste. It is followed by Karnataka(3962/5252),
MP(3024/6855), Andhra Pradesh(2295/3276), and Gujarat(1506/1730).
In all, Gujarat, MP, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Chattisgarh,
Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Telangana are in the forefront of
implementing Swachh Bharat Mission in urban areas. The Ministry of Urban
Development is constantly monitoring the programme having held three
video-conferences with States/UTs last month.
AAR
July 7,2015
(Release ID :123047)
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