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As we know that our Prime minister Shri Narendra Modi ji launched Swachha Bharat Mission on 2 October 2014. One of its primary aims was to make rural Bharat neat and clean in every perspective.  He was keeping his eye on rural India for the past few decades . He saw that the main problem was defecation in village areas. Men and women were going outside for open defecation.  He tried to make Bharat ODF free and approximately all village households were declared Open defecation free. 12 crore plus toilets were made and this Mission was one of the most successful missions of the present government. But every bureaucrat knows that the real problem will start after making the toilet. Because in rural areas the faecal waste is kept in sceptic tanks and pits which serve as the primary form of containment of this waste. The problem becomes very worse when these tanks and pits are not made in the proper way. The faecal waste leakage happens and it mixes with Ground water which contaminated it. Seeing this as a major problem, the government launched Swachha Bharat Mission - Gramin phase 2 with its focus on ODF plus. The ODF plus ensures the Sustainable outcomes through proper solid and liquid waste management. Since October 2025, 5.68 lakh + villages have been declared ODF+. But a proper urban and rural partnership is required for proper waste management. The Maharashtra state came up with an innovative idea for urban-rural partnership. This state invested in 200 faecal sludge treatment plants in urban areas and encouraged co-treatment in 41 sewage treatment plants . But this investment was seen in urban areas only. After some time, the city of Satara (MH). It is one of the best cities where proper waste treatment is done. It made a faecal sludge treatment plant whose capacity was 65 Kilo Liters per day. But this plant was running beyond its capacity. Four new villages named Jakatwadi, Songaon, Kodoli, Deogaon were added to meet its capacity expectations. Satara Municipal Corporation and Satara Panchayat Samiti decided that a private service provider will be appointed for this waste management.  But tanks and labourers will be provided by SMC and SPS. This service provider will give a report every five years. The cost will be recovered via sanitation tax which will be imposed by Gram Panchayats. But we know that every village cannot be connected with the City for its proper waste management. The villages need an independent waste management system like Mayani , a large village in the Khatav Taluka. In this village,  there was a huge demand for proper desludging services. So, its representatives introduced scheduled desludging every five to seven years, which will be done by private service providers or local self help groups. The government saw it as a successful model for Bharat and this village was elected for SBM-G plus initiative.  A proper waste treatment Plant was made there and 80 more villages were added. This is the best example of India where the intention of a  village Panchayat showed way to India. This model is required all over India .

If proper waste management is done, we will see our Bharat as Swachha Bharat!

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