To speed up implementation of construction of household toilets in urban areas under Swachchh Bharat Mission, the Union Urban Development Ministry has enabled online filing of applications by the beneficiaries.
The online mechanism also helps tracking of progress of construction of toilets by posting photographs, said a senior official from the Ministry.
The Ministry has inked a pact with Common Services Corporation (CSC) of the Department of Electronics and Information Technology. As per the pact, Common Services Corporation which has a network of over 1,40,000 Service Centres across the country will help the beneficiaries in filling up the applications and submitting them online along with necessary documents to the concerned approving authorities.
Photographs of construction work also will be posted on line for the information of concerned authorities for monitoring and verification.
Under Swachchh Bharat Mission, which was launched last year in October by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 1.04 crore household toilets are to be constructed by the year 2019 in urban areas.