{"id":4855,"date":"2019-08-17T06:36:45","date_gmt":"2019-08-17T06:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=4855"},"modified":"2019-08-17T06:36:46","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T06:36:46","slug":"indias-largest-rural-sanitation-survey-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/indias-largest-rural-sanitation-survey-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s Largest Rural Sanitation Survey Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jal Shakti Minister Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat launched the Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2019 (SSG 2019) in the capital. To be instituted from August 14 to September 30, 2019, SSG 2019 will cover 17,450 villages in 698 districts across India and include 87,250 public places namely schools, anganwadi centers, public health centres, haat\/bazaars\/religious places, making it India\u2019s largest rural sanitation survey. Around 2,50,000 citizens will be interviewed for their feedback as part of the survey. Citizens will also be mobilised to provide feedback on sanitation relation related issues online using an application developed for the purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An independent survey agency will conduct the Rural Sanitation Survey in all districts and the results will be announced based on quantitative and qualitative sanitation parameters. With over 5.8 lakh villages, 639 districts, and 32 States\/UTs declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) in rural India, the country is well poised to be completely an Open Defecation Free India by October 2, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at the launch, Shri Shekhawat emphasized on the\nhuge success of the Swachh Bharat Mission in becoming the biggest behavior\nchange programme in the world. He shared that with SSG19, the Mission is being\ntaken to the next level, by focusing on solid liquid waste management and\nplastic waste management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shri Rattan Lal Kataria, Minister of State for Jal Shakti,\nfurther lauded the enthusiasm shown by all stakeholders towards last year\u2019s\nsurvey and encouraged the gathering to garner even higher momentum at the\ngrassroots level this year.Shri Parameswaran Iyer, Secretary, Department of\nDrinking Water and Sanitation, highlighted that this year the focus is on\nplastic waste disposal amongst other wastes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A detailed protocol has been developed to guide the ranking\nof Districts basis their performance on key quality and quantitative\nparameters. The Jal Shakti Minister released the SSG 2019 logo, the SSG 2019\nbrochure mobile app and a dashboard for citizen\u2019s feedback.An audio-visual\ncampaign, featuring actor Ajay Devgan was also launched at the SSG launch\nevent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jal Shakti Minister Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat launched the Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2019 (SSG 2019) in the capital. 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