The State Level Apex Committee (SLAC) headed by Chief Secretary, B R Sharma, on Saturday approved the Annual Implementation Plan (AIP) of Rs 471 Crore for the year 2016-17, under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin.Financial Commissioner Planning Development & Monitoring Department, B B Vyas, Commissioner Secretary Housing & Urban Development, Hirdesh Kumar, Secretary PHE, Sanjeev Verma, Secretary Rural Development Khurshid Ahmad Shah and other senior officers were also present in the meeting.The proposal for the year 2016-17 includes construction of 3 Lakh Individual Household Latrines (IHHL), 638 Community Sanitary Complex (CSC) and 319 Solid and Liquid Waste Management (SLWM) Plants. As many as 4 CSCs and one SLWM are proposed to be constructed in each block.
As per the baseline survey-2012, in rural J&K, there is a need to construct over 10.78 Lakh IHHLs, out of which 2.5 Lakh households have been covered under the mission so far.The road map framed by Rural Sanitation Department for making J&K Open Defecation Free (ODF) by 2nd October 2019 targets construction of 3 Lakh toilets in 2016-17, 3 Lakh in 2017-18 and 2.3 Lakh in 2018-19.Prime Minister launched the Swachh Bharat Mission on 2nd October, 2014. The Mission is coordinated through Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS). The aim is to achieve Swachh Bharat by 2019, as a fitting tribute to the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, by improving the levels of cleanliness in rural areas through Solid and Liquid Waste Management activities and making Gram Panchayats Open Defecation Free (ODF).