Summary
Now villages learn to keep toilets clean and use them every day. 🧹
Girls and women help teach families how to stay tidy. 👧
Schools teach kids to wash hands and sort trash. 📚
Some villages turn waste into useful things like compost and gas. 🌱
Key Points
4 points1
10.28 crore (about 102 million) toilets built from 2014‑2019.
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5.69 lakh (about 569,000) villages are now “Clean Plus” villages.
3
Women lead many clean‑up projects in their communities.
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Kids learn good habits at school and at home.
New Words to Learn
10 wordscrore
Ten million; a big number used in India.
lakh
One hundred thousand; another big number used in India.
infrastructure
The basic buildings and facilities a community needs.
behaviour
The way people act or do things.
biogas
Gas made from waste that can be used for energy.
compost
Rotting plant material that becomes useful soil.
vermicompost
Compost made with the help of earthworms.
greywater
Used water from sinks or showers, not from toilets.
irrigation
Giving water to plants so they can grow.
groundwater
Water that is stored underground.
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