Chandigarh achieves ODF ++ status

Chandigarh, October 25:- The Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, Govt. of India (MoHUA) has granted the status of ODF++ to Chandigarh City.

While sharing this information, Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh said here today that earlier, Chandigarh had achieved the ODF status on 2nd October 2016 and now the status has been upgraded to ODF++.

He said that there are about 305 Public Toilets in the various markets in Chandigarh, out of which 274 are public Toilets and 31 are Community Toilets. All the toilets fulfill the conditions laid for ODF. The MoHUA has issued the guidelines that if 25 % of toilets fulfill the additional conditions like availability of Sanitary Napkins Vending Machines, Proper Ventilation, Availability of water 24 hours, proper signage, toilet connected to sewerage system, entry separate for Gents and Ladies, availability of Attendant, Ramps for Handicap, maintaining  of record like roaster, stock register, proper lighting, Cleanliness of toilets, Availability of all toilets on Google Map etc city can be declared ODF++.

He further said that accordingly, Chandigarh fulfilled these conditions in about 90 toilets.  The third party inspection was carried by an independent agency from the GOI, in the month of September 2019. The party visited toilets randomly, barren area, water bodies, Sewage Treatment Plants, ISBT Sector 43, Rock garden Chandigarh. All the inspected toilets and area were found fulfilling the conditions laid for the tag of ODF++. On the report of third party inspection, the MoHUA has granted the tag of ODF++ to city beautiful Chandigarh, he added.