100 days ‘SUJALAM’ Campaign begins

Context

The Ministry of Jal Shakti began ‘SUJALAM’, a ‘100 days campaign’ as part of the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ celebrations to create more and more ODF Plus villages.

About the campaign

• The effort of the campaign would be directed towards achieving the ODF plus status for villages across the country in an accelerated manner in a short time. 
• The campaign will not only build desired infrastructure i.e. soak pit for management of greywater in villages but will also aid in sustainable management of waterbodies. 
• The disposal of waste water and clogging of waterbodies in the villages or on the outskirts of the villages remain one of the major problems. 
• The Campaign would help in management of the wastewater and in turn would help to revive the waterbodies.

Key-activities under the mission

• Organise community consultations
• open-air meetings and gram sabha meetings to analyse the current situation 
• Pass a resolution to maintain ODF sustainability and achieve needed number of soak pits to manage the greywater 
• Develop a 100 days' plan to undertake sustainability and soak pit construction-related activities 
• Construct requisite number of soakpits 
• Retrofit toilets where needed 
• Ensure all newly emerging households in the village have access to toilet