The Ministry of Jal Shakti began ‘SUJALAM’, a ‘100 days campaign’ to create more and more ODF Plus villages by undertaking wastewater management at the village level.

SUJALAM Campaign

The key activities that will be organized in the villages under this campaign include:

• Organizing Community consultations, Khuli Baithaks and Gram Sabha meetings to analyze the current situation
• Pass resolution to maintain ODF sustainability and achieve a needed number of soak pits to manage the greywater
• Develop a 100 days’ plan to undertake sustainability and soak pit construction-related activities
• Construct a requisite number of soak pits
• Retrofit toilets where needed through IEC and community mobilization and
• Ensure all newly emerging Households in the village have access to toilets

Objectives of the campaign

• The effort of the campaign would be directed towards achieving the ODF plus status for villages across the country in an accelerated manner in a short time.
• The campaign will not only build desired infrastructure soak pit for management of greywater in villages but will also aid in sustainable management of water bodies.
• The disposal of wastewater and clogging of water bodies in the villages or on the outskirts of the villages remain one of the major problems.
• The Campaign would help in the management of the wastewater and in turn, would help to revive the water bodies.

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