97 per cent of Telangana villages are ODF Plus

Hyderabad: Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao said Palle Pragathi programme launched by the State government heralded a new era in rural development. The Minister, in a tweet on Monday, said: “Which State has the highest number of ODF villages in India? Telangana at 96.74 per cent under the able leadership of […]

Hyderabad: Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao said Palle Pragathi programme launched by the State government heralded a new era in rural development.

The Minister, in a tweet on Monday, said: “Which State has the highest number of ODF villages in India? Telangana at 96.74 per cent under the able leadership of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao garu is miles ahead of Tamil Nadu, which is ranked second at 35.59 per cent. My compliments to Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister E Dayakar Rao and team.”

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Which state has the highest number of ODF villages in India?#Telangana at 96.74% under the able leadership of CM #KCR Garu is miles ahead of TN who is ranked second at 35.59%#PallePragathi has heralded a new era in Rural Development 👍

My compliments to PR&RD Minister & team pic.twitter.com/aPq0x1eRDT

— KTR (@KTRTRS) January 3, 2022

Dayakar Rao responded with a tweet stating: “Thanks for the appreciation, it happened just because of the able leadership and vision of Chief Minister and his guidance and great work by PR and RD officers.”

Telangana has again topped in the list of highest number of open defecation free (ODF Plus) villages under Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) Phase-II programme till December 31, 2021, in the country.

As many as 13,737 out of 14,200 villages in the State are in the ODF Plus list, which is 96.74%. It is followed by Tamil Nadu with 4,432 villages (35.39%) and Karnataka with 1,511 villages (5.59%).

The State government enacted a new Telangana Panchayat Raj Act to ensure holistic development of villages. Under Palle Pragathi programme, different works are being executed with a special focus on sanitation.

Apart from setting up 12,769 vermicompost sheds, water tankers and trolleys have been distributed to each Gram Panchayat for maintaining sanitation. Garbage bins have been distributed to all households as part of solid waste management.

All these measures helped Telangana in getting the top rank in the list of highest number of ODF plus villages in the country.

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