Model of Swachh Bharat Scheme: Unstarred Question in Loksabha

Model of Swachh Bharat Scheme

a) whether any model of Swachh Bharat Scheme has been approved under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (urban); and

(b) if so, the details thereof?

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1033                                 ANSWERED ON: 24.07.2018

Model of Swachh Bharat Scheme

KURUPPASSERY VARKEY THOMAS

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

a) whether any model of Swachh Bharat Scheme has been approved under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (urban); and

(b) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE

MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a) to (b) : The objective of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan-Urban is to make urban areas Open Defecation Free (ODF) and to have 100% scientific management of Municipal Solid Waste in these areas. The progress till date is as under:

Type of toilets Construction completed Under construction

IHHL 50,04,098 units 7,62,556 units

CT/PT 3,78,444 seats 35,559 seats

Government have advised States for taking up 100% Door to Door Collection, 100% Segregation of waste at source, compliance of Bulk Waste Generators rules, processing of wet waste through composting, recycling/recovery of dry waste and establishing Waste to Energy plants for processing of non-combustible garbage and dispatch of inert to scientific landfill sites. The total processing of Municipal Waste is 42,897.51 MT per day, which is 29.51 percent of the total 1,45,366 MT waste generated per day. 

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Source: Loksabha

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