{"id":3673,"date":"2022-11-18T22:07:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T16:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/?p=3673"},"modified":"2022-11-19T22:10:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T16:40:03","slug":"world-toilet-day-2022-swachhta-run-being-organized-across-rural-india-on-19-th-nov-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/archives\/3673","title":{"rendered":"World Toilet Day, 2022: \u2018Swachhta Run\u2019 Being Organized Across Rural India on 19 th Nov 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Delhi :<\/strong>\u00a0 The Department of Drinking Water &amp; Sanitation (DDWS), Ministry of Jal Shakti, under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) is organizing \u2018Swachhta Run\u2019 across rural India, to mark the World Toilet Day on 19th November, 2022. States &amp; UTs have been directed to conduct the \u201cSwachhta Run\u201d at the Gram Panchayat (GP) level involving local heroes, Swachhagrahis\u2019, ASHA workers, volunteers, youth, school children, and local folk artists etc. It was suggested to engage the local elected representatives\/sports persons\/celebrities\/local influencers to flag off the \u201cRun\u201d to enthuse the local populace for participation. Undertaking \u2018Swachhta Pledge\u2019 by all participants at the start of the \u201cRun\u201d; display of banners, posters, slogans and other outdoor IEC materials of SBM(G) Phase II along the route, starting and ending the \u201cRun\u201d at a site of historical significance and\/or the GP office itself; provisioning of refreshments, medical kits, T-shirts, participation certificate should be taken care by the GP \u2013 all these elements were also communicated to the states and UTs.<\/p>\n<p>States &amp; UTs directed to conduct the \u201cSwachhta Run\u201d at the Gram Panchayat level to celebrate World Toilet Day, 2022<br \/>\nLocal elected representatives\/sports persons\/celebrities\/influencers to flag off the \u201cSwachhta Run\u201d to commemorate World Toilet Day, 2022<br \/>\nWorld Toilet Day held annually since 2013 to celebrate toilets and raises awareness for the people living without access to sanitation<br \/>\n2022 theme of \u2018World Toilet Day\u2019 is \u2018Making the Invisible Visible\u2019<br \/>\nDay is about highlighting actions to tackle the global sanitation crisis<br \/>\nSBM(G) recognized as the world\u2019s largest behavior change program<br \/>\nSBM(G) \u2018Jal Andolan\u2019 has transformed the lives of rural India populace<\/p>\n<p>DDWS with NIC developed a dedicated e-module to monitor the Swachhta Run activities. The States &amp; UTs will upload information about the location of the \u201cRun\u201d, dignitary flagging\/attending the run, number of participants and images of the \u201cRun\u201d and brief write-up of the event was also obtained from the districts. A softcopy of the SBM-G IEC communication material, including notification about the \u201cRun\u201d was provided to the states through QR code, shared in a preparatory VC held with the States &amp; UTs on 17th Nov\u201922.<\/p>\n<p>This global observance, held annually since 2013, celebrates toilets and raises awareness for the people living without access to sanitation. The 2022 theme is \u2018Making the Invisible Visible\u2019 and explores how inadequate sanitation systems spread human waste into rivers, lakes and soil, polluting underground water resources. This problem seems to be invisible, as the water contamination happens underground. The special day is about highlighting actions to tackle the global sanitation crisis and achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.2: sanitation and water for all by 2030. Even though India has already achieved the SDG Target 6.2 pertaining to access to safe sanitation, when the entire county achieved ODF status in Oct 2019; it is persistent in its efforts to now achieve ODF plus status.<\/p>\n<p>The Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) has been recognized as the world\u2019s largest behavior change program. It represents the influential force of peoples\u2019 participation -\u2018Jal Andolan\u2019, that transformed the lives of rural India populace in terms of social benefits, economic gains, environmental safety and most importantly dignity and security to women. The second phase of SBM(G) focusses to build on this strong foundation of healthy behaviors and inform, educate and create action towards ODF plus. \u2018Swachhta Run\u2019 is one such action of engaging the masses for the same. The objective of the \u201cRun\u201d is to create awareness among people about importance of usage of toilet, safe sanitation and visual cleanliness aligned to SBM(G) phase II components.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi :\u00a0 The Department of Drinking Water &amp; Sanitation (DDWS), Ministry of Jal Shakti, under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) is organizing \u2018Swachhta Run\u2019 across rural India, to mark the World Toilet Day on 19th November, 2022. States &amp; UTs have been directed to conduct the \u201cSwachhta Run\u201d at the Gram Panchayat (GP) level [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,32],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Swachhata-Run-.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7P32y-Xf","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3673"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3675,"href":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3673\/revisions\/3675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}