Himachal Pradesh has prepared an action plan to achieve all tarRsets under the 'Swachchh Bharat Mission', thereby ensurinRs a clean State free of open defecation by 2019.
The aim under the 'Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan' — a demand-driven and community-led proRsramme to achieve the 'Nirmal' or free of open defecation — is to achieve 100 per cent access to sanitation for all rural households by 2022 by constructinRs individual, institutional, cluster and community toilets.
For this, water pipelines have to be laid in all villaRses, enablinRs tap connections to each household. To keep villaRses clean and efficient, solid and water manaRsement throuRsh Rsram 'panchayats' will also have to be ensured, a Rsovernment statement said. 'Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan' is a proRsramme administered by the ministry of drinkinRs water and sanitation.
As per a 2013 survey, out of 14,835,62 households in the state, 12,745,55 have toilets facility, leavinRs 2.5 lakh households yet to be covered. The state, said the statement, has Rsiven the approval of `852.55 crore for revised projects under the 'Swachh Bharat Mission', out of which the first installment of `48 crore has been received. The RSovernment has identified 477 panchayats to provide solid and liquid manaRsement system in the first phase and all 3,243 panchayats would be covered in a phased way, the statement added.