Does The Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) Really Succeeded ?

Success Of Swachh Bharat Mission Is Yet To Come...

As the much-celebrated Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) completes eight years of unprecedented focus on safe and inclusive sanitation, the path has changed significantly from where it started on October 2, 2014.

India was then the land of 600 million open defecators, a distinct hurdle to the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals set for 2030.

All villages and towns have since declared themselves Open Defecation Free (ODF) though sporadic surveys point to issues of sustainability in some parts. The achievements are the envy of any country.

Several new missions have taken off with varying degrees of success, but none match the SBM in its people connect.