Over 86% Villages Implement Rural Drainage Under SBM-G and JJM

08 Aug 2025 CW Team

Greywater in villages is being managed through interventions such as household and community soak pits, kitchen gardens, and advanced systems including Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Systems (DEWATS), duckweed ponds, and Phytorid treatment methods. SBM-G promotes the use of closed drains or small-bore systems, with a focus on treatment and safe disposal of wastewater at drain end-points. While the Mission does not track the type of drains (open, closed, kutcha, or pucca), it emphasizes solutions that enhance hygiene and environmental safety.

Since August 2019, the Jal Jeevan Mission has been working to provide potable water to every rural household through functional tap water connections, supplying 55 litres per person per day of BIS:10500 quality water on a regular and sustainable basis. Both SBM-G and JJM have seen coordinated implementation with State and UT governments, with Central share allocations, releases, and utilisation tracked annually.

Phase II of SBM(G), covering 2020–21 to 2025–26, focuses on sustaining Open Defecation Free (ODF) status and achieving ODF Plus (Model) standards by covering all villages with solid and liquid waste management systems. As of 4 August 2025, 4,73,058 villages have been declared ODF Plus (Model), with 3,29,753 of these verified under the Integrated Management Information System (IMIS). There is no provision for ODF++ status under SBM(G).

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