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| All 6,650 villages of J&K declared open defecation free plus | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 30: In a significant milestone for Jammu and Kashmir under the Swachh Bharat Mission, all of its 6,650 villages have been declared open defecation-free plus model, officials said here on Saturday.
This achievement is a significant milestone as it goes beyond constructing and use of toilets towards cleanliness by managing greywater and solid waste in each village, they said.
The union territory has declared all its 6,650 villages across 285 blocks in 20 districts as open defecation-free (ODF) Plus Model, they said
J-K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said the achievement underlines coordinated efforts of all to improve the quality of life for citizens.
“Under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 100 per cent J-K villages have achieved the ODF Plus status in ‘Model’ category under Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) phase-II. This achievement underlines coordinated efforts of all to improve the quality of life for citizens,” Mr Sinha said in a post on X
For a village to achieve the ODF Plus Model status, it has to go through three stages of ODF Plus -- Aspiring, Rising and Model.
When a village has achieved visual cleanliness with minimal litter and stagnant water, apart from the solid and liquid waste management and adequate information, education and communication (IEC) activities, it is declared as an ODF Plus Model.
The officials said the rural sanitation department made a comprehensive plan, which was meticulously knitted in bringing all the stakeholders on board before execution of the same to achieve the milestone.
The department made Village Sanitation Saturation Plans (VSSP) for each village to ensure it has assets available for solid and liquid waste management, they said.
Based on the plans, for greywater management i.e. water generated from the kitchen, bathing etc., soak pits, magic and leach pits have been developed by the departments at household and community-level.
They said 3,53,631 individual soak pits and 23,781 community soak pits have been constructed by the department. Wherever kitchen gardens are available, people have been motivated to dispose of greywater through the kitchen gardens.
For biodegradable waste management, individual and community compost pits have been constructed, the official said, adding that 1,37,824 individual compost pits and 12,118 community compost pits have been constructed either by the department or by people themselves in their house holds. |
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