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All villages of J&K declared ODF plus

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Last updated: July 10, 2023 1:29 am
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Srinagar, July 09: The Directorate of Rural Sanitation, Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj has achieved yet another milestone as all villages of Jammu and Kashmir have been declared as ODF Plus. The achievement of the 100% ODF Plus milestone is significant as it goes beyond constructing and use of toilets towards cleanliness by managing either Grey water or Solid Waste in each village, the directorate said.
In the journey of a village to achieve the condition where it is visually clean and has systems to process both solid and liquid waste, it has to pass through three stages; ODF plus Aspiring, ODF plus Rising and ODF plus Model.
A village is ODF Aspiring when it has mechanisms to deal with either solid or liquid waste apart from ODF sustainability whereas it becomes rising when the system to deal with both solid and liquid waste is in place. Finally, when the village has achieved a condition where it is visually clean with minimal litter and stagnant water apart from the solid and liquid waste management and adequate IEC activities, it is declared a model.
As of now, JK UT has 4473 ODF plus aspiring villages, 1855 ODF plus Rising and 322 ODF plus Model villages. All have achieved the ODF Plus status.
In its attempt to make all villages ODF Plus the department has taken many initiatives. For grey water management i.e. water generated from the kitchen, bathing etc, soak pits, magic and leach pits have been developed by the department at the household and community levels. Till date, 349687 individual soak pits have been constructed by the department so far.
For biodegradable waste management individual and community compost have been constructed. 115502 compost pits have been constructed either by the department or by people themselves in their households. People are being encouraged to segregate dry and wet waste and process wet waste in compost pits.
GOBARdhan (Galvanising Organic Bio Agro Resources) was launched by the government through the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation to ensure cleanliness in villages by converting bio-waste including cattle waste, kitchen leftovers, crop residue and market waste to improve the lives of villagers. While two such projects are already functional in Jammu and Kashmir, 18 more such projects are in the final stages of completion.
Door-to-door collection of waste is now something that has become prevalent in almost all panchayats of Jammu and Kashmir. Through the involvement of locals, NGOs, and expert agencies, waste is being collected from households and segregated with bailers, and shredders, for its final disposal.
The segregated waste at the moment is being managed through recyclers, rag pickers, linkages with ULBs, etc. However, PWMUs are being established in each district, some of which are in the final stages of completion. The plastic in these centres would be cleaned, shredded, and bailed for its final disposal.
District Sanitation committees headed by respective Deputy Commissioners have also been constituted at the district level to formulate, implement and monitor various aspects of the District and village Swachhta plans. IEC activities, door-to-door collection and committee meetings are regularly held at the district level to discuss, monitor and strategize for achieving cleanliness and sanitation for all villages.
In order to enhance the capacity building of officers, village-level workers, and elected representatives about swachta, 1641 capacity-building programs across 285 blocks in 20 districts have been conducted at the panchayat level so far. 401 Trainers have been trained to dispense information and provide orientations at the panchayat level.
SBM(G) is not just a scheme for asset creation but is a behavioural change program which each household of the UT has to embrace for its success. The focus of the departments on IEC through paintings, banners, awareness programs, plog runs, nukkad nataks is immense. Innovative ideas such as Swachta Karwam, Swachta internship and Swachta quiz have been launched to bring behavioural change among masses. The role of PRIs is pivotal in motivating people to understand the importance of Swachhtta and help in making everyday activities like door-to-door collection of waste a success.
While the achievement is huge, it is one step forward towards the challenging goal of making all villages as ODF Model which look visually clean with minimal litter and stagnant water. The department is also continuing its efforts to ensure through IEC activity that people are motivated to participate in this Jan Andolan to ensure the sustainability of the efforts.
Through consistent endeavours and the support of people, the department aims to achieve the goal of Sampoorna Swachta in each and every village of Jammu and Kashmir.
 
 
 
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