Lok Sabha Question No. 1705 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-02
Subject: Toilets under Swachhta Abhiyan
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Gopal Chinayya Shetty

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1705 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02 ND  MARCH, 2020

## Toilets under Swachhta Abhiyan

## †1705.  SHRI GOPAL CHINNAYA SHETTY:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the toilets  have  been  constructed  in  the  schools  under  the  Swachhta  Abhiyan launched by the Hon. Prime Minister; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the total number of toilets constructed in schools across the country, State-wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a) and (b) In  response  to  the  announcement  made  by  the  Hon'ble  Prime  Minister  on  15 August, 2014, the Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development had launched Swachh Vidyalaya initiative to provide separate toilets for girls and boys in all Government schools, within one year upto 15 th August, 2015. Under the initiative, construction/re-construction of 4,17,796 toilets was completed in 2,61,400  Government elementary and secondary schools as reported by the States and UTs. State/UT-wise details are given at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1705 FOR 02.03.2020 REGARDING TOILETS UNDER SWACHHTA ABHIYAN ASKED BY SHRI GOPAL CHINNAYA SHETTY, MP.

Statement showing State/UT-wise total number of school toilets constructed under Swachh Bharat: Swachh Vidyalaya initiative (SVI).

| S. No.   | State/UT                 | No. of toilets constructed/re- constructed under SVI   |
|----------|--------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 71                                                     |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh           | 49,293                                                 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh        | 3,492                                                  |
| 4        | Assam                    | 35,699                                                 |
| 5        | Bihar                    | 56,912                                                 |
| 6        | Chandigarh               | 0                                                      |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh             | 16,629                                                 |
| 8        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli   | 78                                                     |
| 9        | Daman and Diu            | 16                                                     |
| 10       | Delhi                    | 0                                                      |
| 11       | Goa                      | 138                                                    |
| 12       | Gujarat                  | 1,521                                                  |
| 13       | Haryana                  | 1,843                                                  |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh         | 1,175                                                  |
| 15       | Jammu and Kashmir        | 16,172                                                 |
| 16       | Jharkhand                | 15,795                                                 |
| 17       | Karnataka                | 649                                                    |
| 18       | Kerala                   | 535                                                    |
| 19       | Lakshadweep              | 0                                                      |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh           | 33,201                                                 |
| 21       | Maharashtra              | 5,586                                                  |
| 22       | Manipur                  | 1,296                                                  |
| 23       | Meghalaya                | 8,944                                                  |
| 24       | Mizoram                  | 1,261                                                  |
| 25       | Nagaland                 | 666                                                    |
| 26       | Odisha                   | 43,501                                                 |
| 27       | Puducherry               | 2                                                      |
| 28       | Punjab                   | 1,807                                                  |
| 29       | Rajasthan                | 12,083                                                 |
| 30       | Sikkim                   | 88                                                     |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu               | 7,926                                                  |
| 32       | Telangana                | 36,159                                                 |
| 33       | Tripura                  | 607                                                    |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh            | 19,626                                                 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand              | 2,971                                                  |
| 36       | West Bengal              | 42,054                                                 |
| Total    |                          | 4,17,796                                               |

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