Wayanad tops Swachh Bharat Mission’s ODF Plus rankings

By IASbook Team September 26, 2023 Educational Resources 0 Comments

Wayanad district (100 points) has come first in the ODF Plus rankings of the Swachh Bharat Mission in three-star category, followed by Mancheriyal district (90.45) in Maharashtra and Anupur (88.79) in Madya Pradesh.
The ODF Plus scores of panchayats and districts: were determined using the ODF Plus progress reports given by villages till October 1, 2022.
Previously, the district had won two national awards in the sanitation and waste management sectors.

Open defecation free’ (ODP) is a term used to describe communities that have shifted to using
toilets instead of open defecation.
According to a government committee report, despite the fact that work on three protocols under the next phase of Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban-2)-ODF+, ODF++ and Water Plus- is to be completed by 2024, the ground situation was not matching with the assigned timeline.
Under Phase 1 of the Swachh Bharat Mission (U), 99 per cent of the cities became ODF, the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MOHUA) had claimed in December 2019.
ODF+ and ODF++ are aimed towards proper maintenance of toilet facilities and safe collection, conveyance, treatment/disposal of all faecal sludge and sewage. While ODF+ focuses on toilets with water, maintenance and hygiene, ODF++ focuses on toilets with sludge and septage management.