Under Swachchh Bharat Mission, 3,76,793 Individual Household Toilets and 1,28,946 Community Toilet Seats have been built so far. Total 688 cities have been so far declared Open Defecation free (ODF) and 531 of them have been independently verified and certified as ODF. Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat have declared all cities and towns as ODF.
Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu listed the statistics while addressing a function organised on the occasion of the 9th foundation day of 'The Foundation for Restoration of National Values (FRNV). The event is co-sponsored by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and 'Swachh Bharat' is the theme of the event.
Naidu said Swachh Bharat Mission has gained significant momentum over the past last three years and the Mission is the biggest ever mass mobilisation undertaken, to make our country clean. He said that 100 per cent Door to Door collection and transport of Municipal Solid Waste has been achieved in 43,200 wards out of the total 81,015 urban wards.
Naidu said that women are playing a key role in this movement. He cited the name of Sangita Ahwale of Saikheda village in Washim district Maharashtra has sold her 'mangalsutra' to build a toilet and a 104 years old Kunwar Bai of Kotabharri village in Dhamtari district of Chattisgarh sold her goats to do the same.
Naidu also named 20 year old Priyanka Adivasi of Gopalpur village of Kolras block returned to her parents as there is no toilet at her in-laws house and her husband now promised to build one. Similarly, a Muslim woman in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh gifted a toilet to her new daughter-in-law since she did not want the new member of her family suffer the way she did without a toilet.