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Sarpanch at the household and ward levels, guidance on constructing individual soak
the community eventually agreed to the pits and emphasized the proper dimensions
setting up of soak pits. required.

To ensure successful implementation, all The Department of Rural Sanitation in Jammu
PRI members and public representatives and Kashmir successfully implemented
were trained and given individual targets
GWM works in 7,163 villages across 20
for constructing soak pits in their respective
Districts simultaneously. This effort resulted
areas. These efforts were further supported
in the construction of a total of 2,30,244
by TOT sessions organized at the Block
individual soak pits each designed to suit
level, where resource persons from the
the terrains of Jammu and Kashmir. As a
Districts trained PRI members and other
result, 41 villages were declared ODF Plus
individuals who subsequently conducted
multiple training programmes in villages. model villages, and 373 villages achieved
These programmes provided technical the ODF Plus Aspiring status.

utcome

These initiatives enabled the treatment

of 80 per cent of the water supplied,
used, and discharged as greywater from

households and institutions through
soak pits, leading to sustainable

management of greywater.

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