New Delhi [India], September 1 (ANI): The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), Ministry of Jal Shakti, convened a Roundtable Conference on Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen (SBM-G): Progress and SBM-G Next Phase at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. The assembly introduced collectively State Ministers, Special Chief Secretary, Additional Chief Secretary, Principal Chief Secretaries, Chief Secretaries, Secretaries and Mission Directors from 28 States/UTs to evaluation progress, determine challenges, and chart the subsequent part of rural sanitation.
Union Minister of Jal Shakti C R Patil in his keynote handle, praised collective achievements and pressured innovation, waste-to-energy, and climate-resilient sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti stated in a press launch.
He reiterated that SBM-G and JJM collectively are taking us ahead in direction of sustainable sanitation and water safety. With JJM, each rural family is receiving protected faucet water, however this additionally brings the improved accountability of managing greywater beneath SBM-G. The ODF Plus Model is not only about numbers; it’s about high quality of life, well being, and dignity for rural households. The manner ahead is to form villages that combine local weather resilience, useful resource administration, and innovation.
As we increase faucet water beneath JJM, SBM-G ensures efficient greywater administration, and with ‘Jal Shakti Abhiyaan- Catch the Rain’, rainwater harvesting resulting in water safety turns into our collective responsibility. At the SBM-G Roundtable, he underlined how sanitation and water are inseparable, while SBM-G ensures clear villages, JJM delivers protected faucet water, and Catch the Rain helps us harvest each drop. Together, these missions are constructing a wholesome, sustainable, and water-secure Bharat, all of which is able to assist India obtain the imaginative and prescient of Viksit Bharat.
Minister of State, V Somanna throughout his Address stated that the credit score of SBM-G goes to the collective motion of State/UTs, Panchayats, and communities. He stated whereas the progress achieved beneath SBM-G is commendable, the best way forward should concentrate on deepening behaviour change, strengthening O&M methods & empowering youth & ladies as leaders of Swachhata. He highlighted embracing innovation and persistence, with Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas on the core. He additionally beneficial continued engagement of sanitation staff and Village Water Sanitation Committees (VWSCs) on this mission.
Ashok Ok Ok Meena, Secretary-DDWS highlighted that the mission’s future rests on data-driven, citizen-centric and domestically owned dependable information. From Panchayats to VWSCs, ladies leaders to kids ought to act as change brokers with group possession on the coronary heart of SBMG.
He emphasised the significance of collaborative studying and digital instruments as pointers, guiding us in direction of Sampoorna Swachhata.
Kamal Kishore Soan, Additional Secretary & Mission Director (JJM & SBM-G), pressured on the necessity for verified information and common area opinions.
He highlighted that dashboards should not simply replicate information however be a platform reflective of the fact on floor. Sanitation, he underlined, isn’t ‘accomplished’ however it’s a every day behavior. During his session, he reiterated that the highway forward would come with sustaining belongings, making certain credible information, and conserving communities engaged.
Some of the most important achievements of the SBM-G embrace 81 p.c villages now ODF Plus Model Villages with 91 p.c of all villages have Greywater Management methods; 84 p.c of all villages have Solid Waste Management methods and 67 p.c blocks saturated with Plastic Waste Management protection
Expansion of GOBARdhan biogas crops, with11 States/UTs reporting their crops working at 80-100% of their designed capability.
Other achievements embrace promotion of the Swachh Sujal Gaon marketing campaign and WASH curriculum integration in nationwide and state boards throughout all State/UTs
The considerations of low fund utilisation, pending insurance policies on O&M and FSM together with performance have been mentioned with all State/UTs.
The SBM-G roundtable included a session on greatest practices from Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Odisha and West Bengal.
Himachal Pradesh offered the cluster-based strong waste administration mannequin in Dharamshala, Odisha highlighted the women-led waste administration and Su-Nano e-vehicles in Sundargarh. Bihar shared the ‘Kabadmandi’ digital platform and Digital Communication and Monitoring System(DCMD), Karnataka demonstrated GOBARdhan, FSTP and greywater administration fashions, Gujarat offered ODF+ fashions led by ladies and large-scale biogas initiatives, Mizoram highlighted Children’s Sanitation Clubs and CSC with store mannequin, Jharkhand shared its Gobardhan biogas crops in Sahibganj’s riverine areas, Maharashtra showcased the Tiger Biofilter greywater remedy expertise in Satara, Chhattisgarh offered the faecal sludge remedy mannequin of Patora Gram Panchayat, Madhya Pradesh highlighted the ‘Wash on Wheels’ cell rest room cleansing service, Assam shared its IEC and local weather resilient initiative together with floating bathrooms, whereas West Bengal offered its plastic waste administration mannequin by utilizing plastic waste for highway building.
These experiences replicate how SBM-G has turn into a individuals’s motion for sustainable sanitation in rural India.
The brainstorming session deliberated the subsequent part could embrace sustaining ODF Model Gains, by constructing on Swachh Sujal Gaon, enhancing visible cleanliness, and shifting in direction of full waste administration options as key pillars for a Viksit Bharat.
During the concluding remarks, MoJS appreciated the strategies given by the State Ministers and officers. (ANI)