Swachh Bharat Mission
About SBM
The Swachh Bharat Mission - Urban (SBM-U), launched on 2nd October 2014 aims at making urban India free from open defecation and achieving 100% scientific management of municipal solid waste in 4,041 statutory towns in the country. The second phase of SBM-U was launched on 1st October 2021, for a period of 5 years. The vision for SBM-U 2.0 is to achieve “Garbage Free” status for all cities by 2026.
The objectives of the mission are mentioned below:
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All households and premises segregate their waste into “wet waste” (from kitchen and gardens) and “dry waste” (including paper, glass, plastic, and domestic hazardous waste and sanitary waste wrapped separately).
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100% door to door collection of segregated waste from each household/ premise.
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100% scientific management of all fractions of waste, including safe disposal in scientific landfills.
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All legacy dumpsites remediated and converted into green zone.
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All used water including fecal sludge, especially in smaller cities are safely contained, transported, processed and disposed so that no untreated fecal sludge and used water pollutes the ground or water bodies.
The Mission has the following components:
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Household toilets, including conversion of insanitary latrines into pour-flush latrines;
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Community toilets
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Public toilets
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Solid waste management
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IEC & Public Awareness
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Capacity building and Administrative & Office Expenses (A&OE)
The Mission Outcomes, which are expected to be achieved by the end of the Mission tenure include:
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All statutory towns are certified at least 3-star Garbage Free, or higher
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All statutory towns become at least ODF+
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All statutory towns with less than 1 lakh population become at least ODF++
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At least 50% of all statutory towns with less than 1 lakh population become Water+.
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