Lok Sabha Question No. 2030 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-27
Subject: Open Defecation
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA, SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI

## Government of India

## Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2030 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27-07-2017

## Open Defecation

## †2030. PROF. PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA: SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION be pleased to state :

- (a) whether 33 per cent of the country's villages have been declared as Open Defecation Free (ODF) as on June2017;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the State-wise number of ODF villages;
- (c) the targeted timeframe set for100% sanitation coverage in the country;

(d)whether  any  arrangement  has  been  made  for  the  disposal  of  human  waste  generated  in these villages;

- (e)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the  quantum  of  human  waste  being  generated  after usage of new toilets along with the installed capacity for treating it, State/UT-wise; and
- (f) the time by which the additional capacity of treatment facility is likely to be installed for remaining quantum of human waste?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION (SHRI RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGI)

- (a) Yes, Madam.
- (b) State/UT-wise, Total villages and Open Defecation Free (ODF) declared villages as on 24.7.2017 is at Annexure-1.
- (c) The SBM(G) aims to attain 100% sanitation coverage in the country by 2 nd October, 2019.
- (d)  to  (f)  Under  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  (Gramin),  measures  are  taken  to  prevent  open defecation and to provide safe disposal of human excreta. This can be done through on-site toilet  technologies such  as twin-leach pit that do not require underground sewerage system and are much cheaper and equally effective. The SBM(G) guidelines  give flexibility to the States/UTs to adopt the toilet technology most suitable keeping in view the geographical/local  needs.  Similarly  for  the  management  of  solid  and  liquid  waste  also guidelines and Manual has been issued and circulated among the Sates/UTs by the Ministry.

## Statement referred in part (b) of the reply to LokSabha Un-starred Question No.2030 due for reply on 27-07-2017

## State/UT-wise, Total Villages and ODF declared villages

| S.N.   | State/UT          |   Total villages |   ODF declared villages |      % |
|--------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------------|--------|
| 1      | A&NIslands        |              323 |                       3 |   0.93 |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh    |            18942 |                    4387 |  23.16 |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh |             5519 |                    2637 |  47.78 |
| 4      | Assam             |            27267 |                    3886 |  14.25 |
| 5      | Bihar             |            38715 |                    2308 |   5.96 |
| 6      | Chhattisgarh      |            19648 |                   13379 |  68.09 |
| 7      | D &NHaveli        |               69 |                       0 |   0    |
| 8      | Daman &Diu        |               26 |                       0 |   0    |
| 9      | Goa               |              375 |                       0 |   0    |
| 10     | Gujarat           |            18342 |                   16073 |  87.63 |
| 11     | Haryana           |             6908 |                    6908 | 100    |
| 12     | Himachal Pradesh  |            15978 |                   15978 | 100    |
| 13     | Jammu &Kashmir    |             7446 |                     253 |   3.4  |
| 14     | Jharkhand         |            29688 |                    5502 |  18.53 |
| 15     | Karnataka         |            27530 |                    8576 |  31.15 |
| 16     | Kerala            |             2035 |                    2035 | 100    |
| 17     | Madhya Pradesh    |            51344 |                   16785 |  32.69 |
| 18     | Maharashtra       |            40522 |                   24657 |  60.85 |
| 19     | Manipur           |             2848 |                     182 |   6.39 |
| 20     | Meghalaya         |             6773 |                    3778 |  55.78 |
| 21     | Mizoram           |              704 |                     249 |  35.37 |
| 22     | Nagaland          |             1451 |                     434 |  29.91 |
| 23     | Odisha            |            47271 |                    5043 |  10.67 |
| 24     | Puducherry        |              265 |                       0 |   0    |
| 25     | Punjab            |            12406 |                    5550 |  44.74 |
| 26     | Rajasthan         |            41506 |                   22215 |  53.52 |
| 27     | Sikkim            |              441 |                     441 | 100    |
| 28     | Tamil Nadu        |            12542 |                    3829 |  30.53 |
| 29     | Telangana         |            11037 |                    2032 |  18.41 |
| 30     | Tripura           |             1033 |                       5 |   0.48 |
| 31     | Uttar Pradesh     |            99286 |                    8176 |   8.23 |
| 32     | Uttarakhand       |            15473 |                   15473 | 100    |
| 33     | West Bengal       |            42075 |                   21793 |  51.8  |
|        |                   |           605788 |                  212567 |  35.09 |