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ODF Plus Villages

Kumari Sonali

ODF Plus Villages:

India has crossed a milestone of 50 thousand open defecation-free (ODF) Plus villages.

  • ODF plus village is defined as “a village which sustains its Open Defecation Free (ODF) status, ensures solid and liquid waste management and is visually clean.”
  • Among the top performing States are Telangana with 13 thousand 960 ODF Plus villages followed by Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh.
  • Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen Phase-II was launched in February 2020 with the aim to ensure that all villages in the country can declare themselves as ODF Plus by the end of 2024.
  • The mission towards becoming ODF Plus has several components including biodegradable waste management including the GOBARdhan Scheme, Grey water management, Plastic waste management and Faecal sludge management.
  • ODF Plus villages have been divided into three categories, Aspiring, Rising, and Model, to showcase their progress.

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