Karnataka has proposed an innovative community sanitary complex model for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

Particiapting in the first meeting of the sub-group of the Chief Ministers on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in New Delhi, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah proposed setting up of community sanitary complexes, each consisting of seven toilets, four bathrooms, washing platforms, an attender room, a washing machine and independent water and power supply at a unit cost of ₹20 lakh.

Each year, 1,000 units of community sanitary complexes are planned to be constructed, for which ₹200 crore is needed. “The Centre is requested to provide adequate funds in this regard,” Siddaramaiah said.

Karnataka has taken special initiatives to implement Swachh Bharat Mission in the rural areas, he said. Apart from providing toilets to rural households, in order to protect the privacy and dignity of rural women, a programme for bathroom-cum-toilet construction named ‘Grameena Gaurava’ was launched last year.

“Around 3 lakh bathroom-cum-toilets will be constructed under this programme during the current year,” he added.

As per the baseline survey conducted in the year 2012-13, the number of households without toilets in rural areas was 54.99 lakh.

“To cover all these households by the end of 2018-19, the State has devised a strategy right from gram panchayats to the district level and accordingly, annual targets have been fixed,” Chief Minister said.

The goal of total rural sanitation will be incomplete without making the villages dump-free. Hence the State government has started a programme to process the dumped waste and convert it into manure, he added.

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