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These four states together contain two-fifths of India's rural population and reported high open defecation rates, over 87% in 2016. [4] By 2016, three states/UTs namely Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala had been declared ODF. [5] Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, two states that had declared themselves open defecation-free, are yet to achieve that ...
This chart depicts the decrease in open defecation from 2000 to 2022 in countries sharing a land border with India, alongside World Bank income classifications. According to the data, around 11% of India's population practiced open defecation in 2022.
This chart depicts the decrease in open defecation from 2000 to 2022 in countries sharing a land border with India, alongside World Bank income classifications. According to the WHO / UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) , as reported by Our World in Data , the number of people practicing open defecation fell from 62% to 33% from 2004 - 2014.
This chart depicts the decrease in open defecation from 2000 to 2022 in countries sharing a land border with India. According to the WHO / UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) , as reported by Our World in Data , the number of people practicing open defecation fell from 62% to 33% from 2004 - 2014.
The rating includes around 500 cities, covering 72 percent of the urban population in India. Until 2017, India was divided into five zones for the purpose of this survey and each city was scored on 19 indicators. The cities were classified into four colours: green, blue, black, and red, green being the cleanest city, and red the most polluted.
An increasing trend has been seen in India with how many households have toilet facilities. Although the Indian government has built more toilets, Indians do not necessarily use them, and continue to openly defecate [5] [6] [7] for a variety of reasons - poor quality or non-functioning toilets, reluctance to deviate from cultural norms, poverty, and government corruption.
Hon'ble President of India, I call on you as Head of State to ensure that India rises to the challenge of ending open defecation. As a citizen of India, I am proud of our country's rich and varied culture; we have a beautiful land. However, over 620 million people do not use a toilet and nearly as many accept this practice.
It was launched as part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, which aimed to make India clean and free of open defecation by 2 October 2019. The first survey was undertaken in 2016 and covered 73 cities (53 cities with a population of over a million, and all state capitals); by 2020 the survey had grown to cover 4242 cities and was said to be the ...