The Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation Shri Bharatsinh Solanki said in a statement in the Rajya Sabha, Upper House of Parliament, in New Delhi today that to accelerate the progress of sanitation in rural areas of the country, Government of India reviewed and revamped the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) which is now called the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA), in the XIIth Five Year Plan. Under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan, the strategy is to transform rural India into ‘Nirmal Bharat’ by adopting the ``community led`` , demand driven and ``people centered`` strategies and community saturation approach, with emphasis on awareness creation and demand generation for sanitary facilities in houses, schools and for cleaner environment. Conjoint approach with the scheme of National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) has been adopted to address the issue of availability of water in the Gram Panchayats for sustaining sanitation facilities created.
Main activities under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan include:
The rural sanitation coverage, in terms of access to toilet facilities, State-wise/UT as per Census 2011 is as follows
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Courtesy: Press Information Bureau (pib.nic.in)
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