Lok Sabha Question No. 2354 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-05
Subject: ODF Villages
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Subhas Sarkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2354 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.03.2020

## ODF Villages

## 2354. DR. SUBHAS SARKAR:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the number and percentage of ODF Villages which have completed 1st and 2nd Level verification under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, State-wise;
- (b)  the  district-wise  number  of  toilets  constructed  in  West  Bengal  from  2014-15  to 2019-20 under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan; and
- (c) whether additional toilets would be constructed under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan as per demand from the State Governments and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)

- (a)  As  per  protocol  for  verification  of  Open  Defecation  Free  (ODF)  villages  under SBM(G),  the  1 st level  verification  has  to  be  carried  out  within  3  months  of  the declaration of ODF villages and the 2 nd level verification to be carried out around six months  after  the  1 st verification.  State/UT-wise  number  ODF  declared  villages  and number  of ODF  villages for which  1st and 2nd level verification  completed respectively  under  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  (Grameen)  [SBM(G)],  as  per  the  data reported  by  the  States/UTs  on  online  Integrated  Management  Information  System (IMIS) of SBM(G) as on 2.3.2020, is given at Annexure-1.

(b) District-wise, individual household latrines (IHHLs) constructed from 2014-15 to 201920  under  SBM(G)  in  West  Bengal  as  per  IMIS  of  SBM(G)  as  on  2.3.2020  is  given  at Annexure-2.

(c) The Government has advised all the States including West Bengal to ensure that no one is  left  behind  under  SBM(G) and to  identify the  missed out  rural  households,  if any, and support  them  to  construct  toilets  under  the  programme.  Further,  the  Government  has approved  phase  II  of  SBM(G)  programme  from  2020-21  to  2024-25,  which  inter  alia envisages on providing toilet facilities to the  newly emerging eligible rural households in the country to ensure sustainability of ODF status.

Statement referred to in part (a) of the reply to Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No.2354 due for reply on 05-03-2020

| State/UT          | No. of ODF declared villages   | No. of villages for which 1 st verification completed   | No. of villages for which 2 nd verification completed   |
|-------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| A&NIslands        | 192                            | 192                                                     | 192                                                     |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 18841                          | 18841                                                   | 18819                                                   |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 5389                           | 5389                                                    | 5389                                                    |
| Assam             | 25503                          | 25503                                                   | 9717                                                    |
| Bihar             | 38691                          | 37213                                                   | 0                                                       |
| Chandigarh        | 13                             | 13                                                      | 0                                                       |
| Chhattisgarh      | 18769                          | 18769                                                   | 18769                                                   |
| D&NHaveli         | 69                             | 69                                                      | 69                                                      |
| Daman& Diu        | 26                             | 26                                                      | 26                                                      |
| Goa               | 365                            | 18                                                      | 0                                                       |
| Gujarat           | 18261                          | 18261                                                   | 18261                                                   |
| Haryana           | 6908                           | 6908                                                    | 6908                                                    |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 15921                          | 15921                                                   | 9702                                                    |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 7263                           | 7191                                                    | 0                                                       |
| Jharkhand         | 29564                          | 29333                                                   | 164                                                     |
| Karnataka         | 27044                          | 26900                                                   | 0                                                       |
| Kerala            | 2027                           | 2027                                                    | 2027                                                    |
| Ladakh            | 302                            | 302                                                     | 5                                                       |
| Lakshadeep        | 9                              | 9                                                       | 0                                                       |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 50228                          | 50228                                                   | 2                                                       |
| Maharashtra       | 40505                          | 40505                                                   | 0                                                       |
| Manipur           | 2556                           | 2556                                                    | 0                                                       |
| Meghalaya         | 6028                           | 6028                                                    | 2101                                                    |
| Mizoram           | 696                            | 696                                                     | 537                                                     |
| Nagaland          | 1451                           | 1142                                                    | 0                                                       |
| Odisha            | 46785                          | 46785                                                   | 0                                                       |
| Puducherry        | 265                            | 265                                                     | 265                                                     |
| Punjab            | 13726                          | 13700                                                   | 13700                                                   |
| Rajasthan         | 42860                          | 42860                                                   | 0                                                       |
| Sikkim            | 442                            | 442                                                     | 429                                                     |
| Tamil Nadu        | 12524                          | 12524                                                   | 0                                                       |
| Telangana         | 14200                          | 14004                                                   | 5501                                                    |
| Tripura           | 1178                           | 629                                                     | 32                                                      |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 97640                          | 97623                                                   | 21532                                                   |
| Uttarakhand       | 15473                          | 15473                                                   | 12800                                                   |
| West Bengal       | 41461                          | 41377                                                   | 22362                                                   |
| Total             | 6,03,175                       | 5,99,722                                                | 1,69,309                                                |

## Statement referred to in part (b) of the reply to Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No.2354 due for reply on 05-03-2020

## District-wise IHHLs constructed from 2014-15 to 2019-20 under SBM(G) in West Bengal

| Sl. No.   | District           | No. of IHHLs constructed from 2014-15 to 2019-20   |
|-----------|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | ALIPUDUAR          | 203706                                             |
| 2         | BANKURA            | 477502                                             |
| 3         | BIRBHUM            | 461908                                             |
| 4         | COOCH BEHAR        | 431229                                             |
| 5         | DAKSHIN DINAJPUR   | 221224                                             |
| 6         | DARJEELING         | 69486                                              |
| 7         | HOOGHLY            | 312357                                             |
| 8         | HOWRAH             | 242964                                             |
| 9         | JALPAIGURI         | 222707                                             |
| 10        | JHARGRAM           | 152979                                             |
| 11        | MALDA              | 382116                                             |
| 12        | MIDNAPUR EAST      | 272970                                             |
| 13        | MIDNAPUR WEST      | 387299                                             |
| 14        | MURSHIDABAD        | 719307                                             |
| 15        | NADIA              | 207633                                             |
| 16        | NORTH 24 PARAGANAS | 252461                                             |
| 17        | PASCHIM BARDHAMAN  | 72758                                              |
| 18        | PURBABARDHAMAN     | 371954                                             |
| 19        | PURULIA            | 421738                                             |
| 20        | SILIGURI           | 69530                                              |
| 21        | SOUTH 24 PARAGANAS | 579431                                             |
| 22        | UTTAR DINAJPUR     | 311378                                             |
| Total :-  | Total :-           | 68,44,637                                          |