September 23, 2023 5:32 PM

75 percent of villages across the country achieve ODF plus status: Union Minister

The Union Government has said that 75 percent of villages across the country have achieved Open Defecation Free (ODF) plus status under the Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen Phase-2. An ODF plus is one that has sustained its Open Defecation Free status along with the implementation of Solid and Liquid waste management systems.   Addressing a press conference in New Delhi today, Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said that over four lakh 43 thousand villages had declared the...