Bengaluru: Villages in state are open defecation free, says CM H D Kumaraswamy


Bengaluru, Nov 19 (IANS): Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Monday said the southern state was open defecation free in its rural areas.

"Earlier statistics showed that only half or one-third of the rural households had individual toilets, but presently, all the 70.2 lakh rural households in the state have been provided with individual toilets, thereby reducing open defecation," Kumaraswamy said at a state government's event here.

The state's Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department has built 45 lakh toilets in about five years, said Kumaraswamy at the event held to mark the World Toilet Day in Bengaluru.

The United Nations observes World Toilet Day each year globally to tackle the sanitation crisis.

The 45 lakh toilets were built since 2013 across Karnataka's 6,022 local bodies (gram panchayats) in all the 176 taluks (sub-districts) of the state's 30 districts, an official statement said.

"While the central government has been pushing for "Swacch Bharat" Mission (Clean India Mission) to make the country open defecation free, Karnataka has executed it ahead of time," Kumaraswamy claimed.

The state had aimed to become open defecation free by 2018, a year ahead of Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary in 2019, Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwara said on the occasion.

Cleanliness and sanitation have a positive impact on the lives of people in the state, said Rural Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda.

"All sections of the society must contribute to making the state a model by staying open defecation free. It will have a strong, positive impact on the lives of women and children," Gowda said.

  

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  • Dasappa Shetty, Mangalore

    Tue, Nov 20 2018

    I had been to Bellary on 12/11/2018. While passing through villages in the outskirt of Bellary city, one can see open defecation every where.

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  • Ajay, Kallianpur

    Tue, Nov 20 2018

    Dear HDK don't act like BJP and make false claims.

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  • Charles D'Mello, Pangala

    Tue, Nov 20 2018

    Rural areas may be open defecation free but what about in Bangalore....!!!!! CM or his officials has to visit slum areas (men and women) who carry tumbler or water bottle to woody areas now also for defecation.

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  • SMR, Karkala

    Mon, Nov 19 2018

    The Centre had informed the Lok Sabha September 2018 that 11 states, including Gujarat, have been declared open defection free under the Swachh Bharat Mission.

    The CAG report, tabled in Gujarat assembly, shows nearly 30% of the households in 120 gram panchayats do not have toilets.

    “The state government declared all the districts of Gujarat as ODF by October 2, 2017. However, information provided by 120 test-checked gram panchayats under eight selected district panchayats for the period of 2014-17 revealed that 29 per cent households still did not have access to toilets (individual or public),”.

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  • Sahil, Mangaluru

    Mon, Nov 19 2018

    I am sure above given figures from HDK real one not like?

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