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ODISHA’S JITIKAR

SUANLO IS AN ODF

PLUS VILLAGE

aving met all criteria stipulated in has been able to sustain its ODF status.
SBM-G Phase-II guidelines, Jitikar Encouraged by the success of SBM-G
HSuanlo village in Bhingarpur GP of Phase-I, the team started working on the
Khordha District in Odisha was declared Phase-II activities.
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an ODF Plus Model village on 3 November
In both phases, people’s representatives
2022. The achievement of this village
and the village community were very
in Balianta Block can be attributed to
cooperative in matters concerning the
community participation and leadership at
development of the village. The District
the Block level.
officials played an active role with the
With a population of more than 1,350 and all Block Resource Centre (BRC) and regularly
407 households having access to functional interacted with key stakeholders on various
individual household toilets, Jitikar Suanlo verticals of SBM-G Phase-II and ODF Plus.

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