About Swachh Bharat Abhiyan:  

• Swachh Bharat Mission launched on 2nd October 2014 is a massive mass movement that seeks to create a Clean India by 2019. 
• It has 2 components – urban and rural.  

1. SBM Urban aims for the elimination of open defecation, conversion of unsanitary toilets to pour flush toilets, eradication of manual scavenging, municipal solid waste management and bringing about a behavioural change in people regarding healthy sanitation practices.  
2. SBM Rural aims to make India an open defecation free country in Five Years. 

• It seeks to improve the levels of cleanliness in rural areas through Solid and Liquid Waste Management activities and making Gram Panchayats Open Defecation Free (ODF), clean and sanitised.  
• The urban component of the mission is implemented by the Ministry of Urban Development, and the rural component by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti.

Objectives 

• To  Elimination of open defecation, Eradication of Manual Scavenging, Modern and Scientific Municipal Solid Waste Management, To effect behavioural change regarding healthy sanitation practices,
• To Generate awareness about sanitation and its linkage with public health, Capacity Augmentation for ULB‘s and Creating an enabling environment for private sector participation.

Components –

1. Household toilets, including conversion of insanitary latrines into pour-flush latrines;
2. Community toilets
3. Public toilets
4. Solid waste management
5. Public Awareness and IEC (Information, Education and Communication).

Implementation – 

• Behaviour change is the primary focus and fundamental tool for achievement of ODF outcomes.
• This is carried out through the Ministry’s focused Information, Education and Communication (IEC) programme.

SBM ODF Plus and ODF Plus Plus Protocol

• To make ODF achievements sustainable and address the issue of holistic sanitation, there is a need to address the entire sanitation value chain.

• SBM ODF Plus (ODF+) & ODF Plus Plus (ODF ++) are geared towards achieving this objective.
• The SBM ODF Plus (ODF+) protocol focuses on sustaining community/ public toilet usage by ensuring their functionality, cleanliness and maintenance.
• The SBM ODF plus Plus (ODF ++) will focus on achieving sanitation sustainability by addressing complete sanitation value chain, including safe containment, processing and disposal of fecal sludge and septage.

Why in News?

The Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is celebrating the sixth anniversary of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) by organizing a webinar titled ‘Swachhata Ke 6 Saal, Bemisaal’ on 2nd October 2020.

References:

1. https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1660543
2. http://swachhbharaturban.gov.in/http://164.100.228.143:8080/sbm/content/writereaddata/SBM%20ODF%20Book%20Final.pdf