Lok Sabha Question No. 5473 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-06
Subject: ODF Villages
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: RAMESH BIDHURI

## Government of India

## Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5473 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06-04-2017

## ODF Villages

## †5473. SHRI RAMESH BIDHURI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has collected data/conducted any survey about the people/villages that do not defecate in the open in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof during each of the last three years, State-wise;
- (c)  whether  States  like  Bihar,  Uttar  Pradesh  and  Odisha  are  lagging  behind  in  Open Defecation Free (ODF) campaign;
- (d) if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (e)  the  time  by  which  the  Government  is  likely  to  achieve  the  target  of  complete  open defecation free country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## (SHRI RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGI)

- (a)  and  (b)  State/UT-wise,  households  having  access  to  toilets  during  last  3  years  as  per Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) is at Annexure-1.
- (c) Yes, Madam. Villages being declared open defecation free (ODF) as on 3.4.2017 in Bihar, Uttar  Pradesh  and  Odisha  are  4.94%, 6.73%  and  6.40%  respectively,  whereas  the  national average is 30.77%
- (d)  Sanitation  is  a  behavioral  issue.  It  involves  change  of  mindset  amongst  people  to  stop open  defecation  and  to  adopt  safe  sanitation  practices.  This  requires  engagement  of community and skill  in facilitation  and  'triggering'.  There  is  constraint  of  these  capacities. Further, the states having large population have a bigger task of becoming ODF as compared to smaller States.
- (e) Ministry has targeted to achieve Swachh Bharat by 2 nd October, 2019.

## Annexure-1.

## Statement referred in part (a) and (b) of the reply to Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No.5473 due for reply on 06-04-2017

State/UT-wise, % households having access to toilets during last 3 years

| S.N.   | State/UT         |   %households having access to toilets as on 31.03.2015 |   %households having access to toilets as on 31.03.2016 |   %households having access to toilets as on 31.03.2017 |
|--------|------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| 1      | A &NISLANDS      |                                                   53.77 |                                                   53.77 |                                                   55.83 |
| 2      | ANDHRA PRADESH   |                                                   38.51 |                                                   43.22 |                                                   52.44 |
| 3      | ARUNACHALPRADESH |                                                   57.03 |                                                   68.08 |                                                   87.78 |
| 4      | ASSAM            |                                                   46.22 |                                                   54.42 |                                                   72.04 |
| 5      | BIHAR            |                                                   22.94 |                                                   24.94 |                                                   28.48 |
| 6      | CHHATTISGARH     |                                                   41.97 |                                                   50.04 |                                                   80.21 |
| 7      | GOA              |                                                   60.72 |                                                   76.08 |                                                   76.08 |
| 8      | GUJARAT          |                                                   59.74 |                                                   72.87 |                                                   94.39 |
| 9      | HARYANA          |                                                   82.41 |                                                   86.73 |                                                   89.87 |
| 10     | HIMACHAL PRADESH |                                                   90.31 |                                                   94.8  |                                                  100    |
| 11     | JAMMU &KASHMIR   |                                                   29.27 |                                                   33.12 |                                                   37.46 |
| 12     | JHARKHAND        |                                                   31.41 |                                                   37.59 |                                                   52.87 |
| 13     | KARNATAKA        |                                                   50.65 |                                                   56.91 |                                                   64.83 |
| 14     | KERALA           |                                                   96.09 |                                                   96.32 |                                                  100    |
| 15     | MADHYA PRADESH   |                                                   34.34 |                                                   42.81 |                                                   57.22 |
| 16     | MAHARASHTRA      |                                                   56.33 |                                                   63.5  |                                                   77.92 |
| 17     | MANIPUR          |                                                   65.96 |                                                   77    |                                                   86.08 |
| 18     | MEGHALAYA        |                                                   69.47 |                                                   80.19 |                                                   89.94 |
| 19     | MIZORAM          |                                                   78.15 |                                                   83.41 |                                                   85.82 |
| 20     | NAGALAND         |                                                   57.43 |                                                   66.03 |                                                   66.75 |
| 21     | ODISHA           |                                                   13.33 |                                                   28.08 |                                                   40.73 |
| 22     | PUDUCHERRY       |                                                   50.01 |                                                   50.01 |                                                   52.52 |
| 23     | PUNJAB           |                                                   75.6  |                                                   77.86 |                                                   81.14 |
| 24     | RAJASTHAN        |                                                   35.24 |                                                   54.08 |                                                   77.14 |
| 25     | SIKKIM           |                                                   93.55 |                                                   99.9  |                                                   99.9  |
| 26     | TAMILNADU        |                                                   52.04 |                                                   61.98 |                                                   70.57 |
| 27     | TELANGANA        |                                                   32.78 |                                                   38.13 |                                                   49.69 |
| 28     | TRIPURA          |                                                   66.26 |                                                   73.93 |                                                   79.09 |
| 29     | UTTAR PRADESH    |                                                   39.79 |                                                   42.2  |                                                   48    |
| 30     | UTTARAKHAND      |                                                   76.74 |                                                   80.86 |                                                  100    |
| 31     | WEST BENGAL      |                                                   64.91 |                                                   74.35 |                                                   89.38 |
|        | Total            |                                                   44.74 |                                                   51.77 |                                                   63.02 |