Swacch Bharat Abhiyan

Launched in 2021, SBM Urban 2.0 aims to clear 2,400 legacy landfills by 2026, but as of September 27, 35 out of 69 landfill sites in cities with over a million people remain uncleared

An ODF Plus village is one which has sustained its Open Defecation Free status along with implementing either solid or liquid waste management systems

To evaluate and accelerate the scale of planning and implementation of the Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0, the Union housing and urban affairs ministry will organise a review-cum-workshop on Monday, according to a statement. The ministry said over the last eight years, the mission has revolutionised sanitation in urban India by building nearly 70 lakh household, community and public toilets, and more than 4,000 cities have been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF), thus providing safe and dignified sanitation solutions for all. The mission, the statement said, has focused on inclusive sanitation by prioritising the needs of women, transgenders and 'divyangs'. The day-long review-cum-workshop will be organised in presence of Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri at the Vigyan Bhawan, it said. Discussions will be held around municipal solid waste management, municipal used water management in small cities, community toilets and public toilets management, 'safai

Union minister Jitendra Singh stated that schemes under the Modi govt have not only made life easier for women but also given them a sense of self-confidence and self-esteem

The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry celebrated the achievements under the Swachh Bharat Mission in the past six years on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti on Friday. Speaking at a webinar titled 'Swachhata Ke 6 Saal, Bemisaal', Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri said, "When SBM-U was launched in 2014 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it was with the vision of achieving 'Clean India' by October 2, 2019, the 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation." "Today, I feel immensely proud, as well as humbled, to see how every citizen of urban India has come together to make that dream a tangible reality. "This spirit of Jan Andolan and Jan Bhagidari the power of collective action and leveraging a healthy spirit of competition is exemplified by the Swachh Survekshan, the annual cleanliness survey of MoHUA," the Housing and Urban Affairs minister said in a statement. The minister said that in Swachh Survekdhan 2020, over 12 crore citizens have participated. "We will need to f

A local clean-up drive in Kumaon shows that there are some pay-offs of PM Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, writes Anjuli Bhargava

The cleanliness campaign was launched by the Modi government on Gandhi's birth anniversary on October 2, 2014

Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MoDWS) commissioned two private consultancies, IPE Global and Kantar, to conduct a nationwide survey to verify India's ODF status

Swachh Bharat, a multi-billion-dollar programme backed by money from the government and World Bank, has a deadline of October 2019 to declare open defecation free.

Gita Devi uses plastic waste to make vases, baskets and similar items