There are over ______ Lakh ODF Plus Villages in December 2024.
5.61
The Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen), launched in 2014, first aimed at making rural India Open Defecation Free (ODF) by building household and community toilets.
After villages achieved ODF status, Phase II of the mission introduced the higher benchmark of "ODF Plus": a village must sustain its ODF status and also manage solid and liquid waste, for example through soakage pits, compost pits and plastic-waste management.
An ODF Plus village is thus one that keeps toilets in use and additionally maintains visible cleanliness and proper waste handling.
According to official Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation data, more than 5.61 lakh villages had been declared ODF Plus by December 2024.
This figure reflects the steady scale-up of rural sanitation and waste-management infrastructure across the states.
The other values do not match the reported count: 7.56 lakh overstates it, while 4.21 and 3.85 lakh understate the December 2024 progress.
Hence, the number of ODF Plus villages in December 2024 was over 5.61 lakh.
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