Lok Sabha Question No. 3097 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-18
Subject: Implementation and Progress under Swachh Bharat Mission–Urban (SBM-U) and SBM-U 2.0
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Bibhu Prasad Tarai, Shri Khagen Murmu, Shri Alok Sharma, Smt. Smita Uday Wagh, Shri Pradeep Kumar Singh, Shri Balabhadra Majhi, Shri Vijay Baghel, Shri Bharatsinhji Shankarji Dabhi, Shri Godam Nagesh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3097 TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 18, 2025

IMPLEMENTATION AND PROGRESS UNDER SWACHH BHARAT MISSIONURBAN (SBM-U) AND SBM-U 2.0

NO. 3097.

SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH:

SHRI BHARATSINHJI SHANKARJI DABHI:

SHRI ALOK SHARMA:

SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI:

SHRI BIBHU PRASAD TARAI:

SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:

SHRI GODAM NAGESH:

SMT. SMITA UDAY WAGH:

SHRI KHAGEN MURMU:

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

- (a) the status of implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) and SBM-U 2.0 including progress in achieving garbage-free and opendefecation-free ratings across the country, city and State-wise, particularly in Maharashtra and Jalgaon Lok Sabha Constituency;
- (b) the details of waste processing capacity created under SBM-U and SBMU  2.0  including  the  number  of  operational  solid  waste  management plants, material recovery facilities, construction  and  demolition  waste  plants  and  bio-mining  sites,  Statewise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  evaluation  of  SBM-U  and SBM-U 2.0;
- (d) if so, the major findings regarding sanitation outcomes, waste segregation  levels  and  city  performance  under  Swachh  Survekshan thereof, city-wise including improvements recorded in Maharashtra and Jalgaon Municipal Corporation; and
- (e) the steps taken to integrate technologies, start-ups and digital platforms including  for  waste  tracking,  citizen  grievance  redressal  and  Swachh
- certification process?

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

- (a) :  Swachh Bharat Mission- Urban is under implementation in all the urban  areas  of  the  country  including  Jalgaon  Municipal  Corporation, Maharashtra since 2014. To carry forward the progress made under first phase, SBM-U 2.0 was launched during October, 2021. All the States/UTs have been declared Open Defecation Free under SBM-U. State-wise and city-wise details of ODF & GFC rating alongwith the status of implementation of SBM-U with respect to collection of waste, segregation and processing of municipal waste is available at https://sbmurban.org/.
- (b)  :  Under  Solid  Waste  Management  component  of  SBM-U  2.0,  action plans have been approved for setting up of waste to composting plants of  47204  tonnes  per  day  (TPD),  bio-methanation  plants  of  8701.5  TPD, Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs) of 43833 TPD, Waste to Electricity plants  of  4462  TPD,  Sanitary  Landfill  (SLF)  of  24125  TPD,  Transfer station  of  20643.02  TPD,  Construction  &  Demolition  (C&D)  waste processing plants of 8450 TPD alongwith 580 mechanical road sweepers and remediation of 19.25 Cr MT of legacy waste. As of now, 7783 solid waste processing facilities have been established.

State-wise  details  of  waste  processing  facilities  along  with  status  of remediation  of  legacy  waste  dumpsites  are  available  on  website  at https://sbmurban.org/swachh-bharat-mission-progess.

- (c) & (d) : As per evaluation report of Centrally Sponsored Schemes on Urban Transformation and Skill Development conducted by Development Monitoring  and  Evaluation  Office  (DMEO),  NITI  Aayog  released  during September, 2025, SBM-U & SBM-U 2.0 has significantly improved dignity and safety, especially for women, the elderly, and vulnerable communities.  Primary  analysis  findings  revealed  a  reduction  in  open urination and defecation across their cities post- construction of IHHLs under SBM-U, with 94% stating that no household members continued open  defecation,  indicating  a  strong  behavioral  shift.  The  intervention also improved privacy and personal safety, especially for women and the elderly in slum areas.

On improved solid waste management, the report stated that significant impact has been achieved leading to cleaner public spaces and reduced environmental hazards.

In addition, MoHUA has been conducting an annual cleanliness survey Swachh  Survekshan  since  the  year  2016,  to  further  trigger  positive competition  amongst  cities  towards  achieving  the  objectives  of  the Mission.

As  per  the  findings  of  Swachh  Survekshan  2024  report,  4,443  ULBs across the country practice segregated door to door collection in more than  25  %  of  the  wards.  Also,  2,334  cities  have  at  least  80  %  of  all toilets,  including  IHHL,  CT  &  PT,  attached  to  sewage.  The  findings  of Swachh  Survekshan  2024  may  be  accessed  at  https://ss-2024.s3.apsouth-1.amazonaws.com/PDFs/SSU\_Report\_21072025.pdf.  The  Garbage Free Cities Star Rating results may also be accessed at https://sbmurban.org/gfc-result-dashboard-2024-25.

(e) :  MoHUA promotes technology innovation for solid and liquid waste management. To provide an enabling environment in the waste management sector, in collaboration with Department for Promotion of Industry  and  Internal  Trade  (DPIIT),  start-ups  and  entrepreneurs  are identified through a challenge mode. Also, a incubation center has been set up at Startup Incubation and Innovation Center (SIIC), IIT Kanpur for providing one year of incubation support to the shortlisted organizations. Further to promote citizen participation and redressal of grievance, onestop grievance redressal platform, Swachhata App has also been made available to citizens to submit any complaints related to cleanliness. In addition, a public dashboard captures live data at https://swachhurban.org for project monitoring.

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