Lok Sabha Question No. 2045 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-14
Subject: Clean Toilets Campaign
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel, Shrirang Appa Barne, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Prataprao  Jadhav, Sudheer Gupta

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2045 TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 14, 2023 CLEAN TOILETS CAMPAIGN

NO. 2045.  SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK:

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

Will the Minister for HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has initiated Clean Toilets Campaign recently;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has also organized a two day national capacity building workshop under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 at Chennai;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the aims and objective of organizing the said workshop; and
- (e) the  details  of  other  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to achieve safe sanitation defined by clean land, clean water and clean air?

## ANSWER

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

- (a) & (b) : To ensure functionality and sustainability Community Toilets/Public  Toilets  (CT/PTs),  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs (MoHUA) launched a 5-week 'Clean Toilets Campaign' on 17th December 2023, beginning from World Toilet Day i.e. 19 th  November, 2023 till Good Governance  Day  i.e.  25 th   December,  2023.  The  objective  of  the  'Clean Toilets  Campaign'  are  (i)  Nationwide  Cleanliness  drive  of  CTs/PTs;  (ii) Operation & Maintenance Plan of toilets; (iii) Nudging User Behaviour; (iv) Improved Monitoring Mechanism; (v) Grounding of Aspirational Toilets and (vi) 'Toilet Grading' by women SHGs.

In  addition  to  cleanliness  and  maintenance  drives  in  all  toilets,  the Campaign  also  has  a  Challenge  element.  The  Clean  Toilets  Challenge aims to recognize exceptional public toilets  that  exemplify  cleanliness, accessibility, innovation in design, as well as functionality. Nominations have  been  called  from  ULBs,  parastatal  bodies,  as  well  as  private organizations to share their best public and community models. dentification of these toilets models will encourage widespread adoption of the same and improve the overall status of sanitation in the country.

- (c)  to  (d):  To  achieve  safe  sanitation  and  to  discuss  the  planning  and implementation  strategy  of  Used  Water  Management  (UWM)  in  small cities  &  Safe  Sanitation  with  focus  on  mechanized  desludging  and promoting safety to sanitation workers by way of strengthening Mechanized Cleaning of Sewers Septic Tanks, etc., MoHUA organized a two  day  National  Capacity  Building  Workshop  on  23rd  -  24th  Nov'23  in Chennai,  Tamil  Nadu  in  collaboration  with  Govt.  of  Tamil  Nadu.  The workshop  was  targeted at capacity building of ULB  officials and engineers dealing with subject. Representatives of almost all States/ UTs participated in the programme.
- (e): Sanitation is a State subject and it is the responsibility of State/ULBs to plan, design, execute and operate sanitation projects in the urban areas of the country. However, Govt. of India provides technical, financial  and  other  supports  to  States/UTS  to  achieve  safe  sanitation defined by clean land, clean water and clean air:
- (i) Additional  Central  Assistance  (ACA)  at  varying  rates  of  25%,  33%  and 50%  to  the  States/UTs  for  different  population  category  of  cities  for setting up of waste processing facilities such as compost, biomethanation, waste-to-energy, Material Recovery Facility (MRF), Construction & Demolition Waste processing, Mechanical road sweeping, dumpsite  remediation,  etc.  Also  ACA  is  provided  for  IHHL,  Community/ Public Toilets, Mechanical desluding vehicles for safe sanitation. Also a new  component  for  Design  of  faecal  sludge  treatment  plant  (FSTP)/ Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) -cum-FSTP is also provided for less than 1 lakh population cities under SBM-U2.0.
- (ii) Technical  support  by  way  of  manuals,  advisories,  designs,  protocols covering all aspects of planning, designing and operation and maintenance of waste management.
- (iii) Funds  for  Capacity  Building  (CB)  are  provided  to  State  and  cities  to create institutional  capacity  to  effectively  implement  programmatic interventions to achieve mission objectives.
- (iv) Funds for IEC is also provided to State and cities to ensure awareness creation alongwith large scale citizen outreach to intensify 'Jan Andolan' and institutionalize swachh behavior and related set of actions, towards achieving the vision of Garbage Free cities.
- (v) The  'Swachh  Survekshan'  launched  by  Government  has  encouraged  a spirit  of  healthy  competition  between  cities  to  compete  for  achieving improved  cleanliness  in  cities.  In  addition,  annual  certification  of  ODF, ODF+,  ODF++  and  Water+  is  done  to  prevent  sanitation  slippages. Similarly, for assessment of waste management, Star Rating Assessment is also done annually.

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