Lok Sabha Question No. 758 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-07
Subject: SBM Campaign
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Sunil Dattatray Tatkare

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-758

ANSWERED ON- 07.12.2023

## SBM Campaign

## 758. SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that Swachh Bharat Mission is successful campaign under which the culture of cleanliness has been adopted;

- (b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether it is also a fact that garbage collected from cities and towns have been dumped in the  outskirts  resulting  in  air  and  water  pollution  in  villages  and  occurrence  of  diseases  in animals; and

(d)  if  so,  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  setup  waste  management/treatment  plants outside cities

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

(a) and (b) Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) [SBM(G)] was launched on 2 nd  October, 2014 with the aim to achieve Open Defecation Free (ODF) status in rural areas by 2 nd October, 2019 by providing access to toilets to all rural households. Behaviour change campaign has been one of  the  main  components  of  the  programme.  Said  to  be  the  world's  largest  behaviour  change programme,  the  SBM(G)  achieved  the  task  by  generating  a  people's  movement  at  the grassroots. As a result, the rural sanitation coverage increased from 39 per cent in 2014 to 100 per cent in 2019 with over 10 crore toilets built across 36 States/UTs and all the villages of the country  declared  themselves  ODF  by  2 nd October,  2019.  Having  achieved  the  ODF  status, SBM(G) Phase-II is being implemented from 2020-21 to 2024-25 with the aim to sustain ODF status and to cover all the villages with Solid and Liquid Waste Management (SLWM) i.e. to transform  the  villages  from  ODF  to  ODF  Plus.  As  per  the  data  reported  by  the  States  on Integrated  Management  Information  System  (IMIS)  of  SBM(G),  around  4.97  lakhs  villages have declared themselves ODF Plus.

Government of India launched the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) on October 2, 2014 with the objective of making all cities Open Defecation Free (ODF) and for 100% scientific processing of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) generated in the urban areas of all States/UTs. To carry  forward  the  progress  made,  SBM-U  2.0  has  been  launched  on  October  1,  2021  with  a vision of achieving Garbage Free Status for all cities through 100% source segregation, door to door collection and scientific management of all fractions of waste including safe disposal in scientific  landfills.  Under  SBM-U,  all  Urban  Local  Bodies  (ULB)  of  all  35  States  were achieved  100%  Open  Defecation  Free  (ODF)  status.  Out  of  total  ULBs,  3547  ULBs  have achieved  the  ODF+  status,  1191  cities  have  obtained  the  ODF++  certification,  and  14  cities have been certified as Water Plus.

(c)  &  (d)  Sanitation  in  urban  areas  is  being  done  through  SBM  (Urban)  administered  by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA). As, sanitation is a State subject under 7th schedule of the constitution, it is the responsibility of States/ULBs to plan, design, execute and operate  sanitation  projects  in  the  urban  areas  of  the  country.  However,  MoHUA  has  been facilitating  by  providing  additional  financial  and  technical  support.  SBM  Urban  is  being implemented  uniformly  in  all  States  and  ULBs  to  attain  100%  scientific  processing  of municipal solid waste by promoting source segregation of waste, capacity building initiatives, IEC and behavioural change campaigns and creating necessary infrastructure for filling gaps in waste processing capacities. States/Union Territories prepare and submit the City Solid Waste Action Plan (CSWAP) for management of fresh solid waste and remediation of existing legacy waste dumpsites to claim funds under SBM-U 2.0

For  Solid  Waste  Management  (SWM)  in  rural  areas,  SBM(G)  Phase-II  has  the  following provisions:

- Management of bio-degradable wastes through composting by construction of compost pits or by setting up community level bio-gas plants under GOBARdhan.
- Management  of  non-biodegradable  waste  by  setting  up  collection/storage  facility  at village/gram panchayat level, transportation of wastes from households to village level collection and storage centre and setting up of material recovery facility/plastic waste management unit at block/district level.

As per data reported by the States/UTs on IMIS of SBM(G), around 2.65 lakhs villages have been  covered  with  Solid  Waste  Management  and  2,17,814  Waste  Collection  &  Segregation Sheds  and  5,93,466  Community  Compost  Pits  have  been  constructed  so  far.  Further,  2,604 Blocks have Plastic Waste Management Unit (PWMU).

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