Question : Construction of Toilets

(a) the number of households with and without toilets in the country, State-wise;
(b) whether any action has been taken to promote the construction of toilets in Uttar Pradesh after the publishing of the Ministry’s Universal Sanitation Coverage Survey which reported 14.26 lakh households in the State as being toilet-less and if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government plans to reassess its claim of the country being open-defecation free in the light of such a survey and if so, the details thereof; and
(d) whether similar surveys will be undertaken in other States also and if so, the details thereof?

MINISTER OF JAL SHAKTI
(SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

(a) to (d) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.







Statement referred to in the reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No.142 due for reply on 28.11.2019.
(a): State/UT wise number of rural households with access to toilets as reported by the States/UTs on the Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen [SBM(G)]is given at Annexure-I.
(b) to (d): No Universal Sanitation Coverage Survey has been published by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation. However, in order to ensure sustainability of ODF status and to ensure that no one is left behind, the Government has advised all the States/UTs including Uttar Pradesh to identify if any rural households have been missed out. Subsequently, many States have undertaken special drives to identify such missed out households and all the States have been encouraged to provide the necessary support to these households to construct toilets.