<p>The Centre on Thursday said 4,327 urban local bodies have so far been declared open defecation-free in the country under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban.</p>.<p>"Since its launch in 2014, Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) has made significant progress in the area of both sanitation and solid waste management. A total of 4,327 urban local bodies have been declared open defecation-free (ODF) so far," the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs said in a statement.</p>.<p>The ministry said it has been made possible through the construction of more than 66 lakh individual household toilets and over 6 lakh community and public toilets, far exceeding the mission's targets.</p>.<p>Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri will release a compendium and a dynamic GIS portal showcasing innovative practices for effective solid waste management (SWM) from across India on Friday.</p>.<p>"In the area of solid waste management, 97 per cent of wards have complete door-to-door collection and 77 per cent of wards have source segregation of waste, while 67 per cent of the total waste generated is being processed, a jump of nearly four times over 2014 levels of 18 per cent processing," the statement added.</p>
<p>The Centre on Thursday said 4,327 urban local bodies have so far been declared open defecation-free in the country under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban.</p>.<p>"Since its launch in 2014, Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) has made significant progress in the area of both sanitation and solid waste management. A total of 4,327 urban local bodies have been declared open defecation-free (ODF) so far," the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs said in a statement.</p>.<p>The ministry said it has been made possible through the construction of more than 66 lakh individual household toilets and over 6 lakh community and public toilets, far exceeding the mission's targets.</p>.<p>Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri will release a compendium and a dynamic GIS portal showcasing innovative practices for effective solid waste management (SWM) from across India on Friday.</p>.<p>"In the area of solid waste management, 97 per cent of wards have complete door-to-door collection and 77 per cent of wards have source segregation of waste, while 67 per cent of the total waste generated is being processed, a jump of nearly four times over 2014 levels of 18 per cent processing," the statement added.</p>
