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SWACHH SURVEKSHAN GRAMEEN 2019 (SSG 2019)

Aug. 15, 2019

Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat launched the Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2019 (SSG 2019) in the capital.

About:

  • It will be conducted from August 14 to September 30, 2019, SSG 2019.

  • It will cover 17,450 villages in 698 districts across India and include 87,250 public places namely schools, anganwadi centers, public health centres, haat/bazaars/religious places, making it India’s largest rural sanitation survey.

  • An independent survey agency will conduct the survey in all districts and the results will be announced based on quantitative and qualitative sanitation parameters.

ODF+ phase:

  • In a effort to look beyond toilets and kick off its ODF+ phase — that is, Open Defecation Free Plus — focussing on solid and liquid waste management, the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA) has included the prevalence of plastic litter and water-logging in villages as indicators of cleanliness in its 2019 rural survey.

  • ODF+ will have four main verticals — solid waste management divided into biodegradable waste and plastic waste, and liquid waste management divided into grey water, or kitchen waste water, and faecal waste.

Source : The Hindu

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