Bhubaneswar: Odisha has achieved 100 per cent Open Defecation Free (ODF) status, according to data uploaded on the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) website.
A total of 66,83,148 toilets have been constructed in Odisha since October 2, 2014, an increase of 86.22 per cent in terms of households with toilets, the data revealed.
As many as 9,34,406 toilets were built in the State during the 2019-20 fiscal and 46,785 villages coming under 6,801 gram panchayats in 30 districts have been declared ODF, the data said.
The toilet coverage percentage was 13.75 per cent in 2014, it increased to 32.37 per cent in 2015-16. It was 48.73 per cent in 2016-17 and 59.31 per cent in 2017-18, it said.
In 2018-19, the toilet coverage increased to 87.86 per cent, which jumped to 100 per cent this financial year, thus achieving the ODF status.
Swachh Bharat Mission is a nation-wide campaign for the period 2014 to 2019 that aims to clean up the streets, roads and infrastructure of India’s cities, towns, urban and rural areas.
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