Sikkim cleanest Indian state: Ministry
Sikkim scored the highest ranking of 98.2 per cent on a scale of 100 in the ranking given on the basis of percentage of households having sanitary toilets according to the report.
Sikkim scored 100 percent marks on scale of 100 in the ranking given on the basis of percentage of people using household/ community toilet out of household having toilets .
According to report released by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, all four districts of Sikkim have been ranked among top 10 districts of the country among all the four sanitation parameters of the survey among shortlisted 75 best performing districts in rural india which were evaluated at different level of cleanliness, hygenie and sanitation under Swachh Survekshan 2016 .
The West Sikkim district, East Sikkim district , South Sikkim district and North Sikkim districts scored the ranking of 96.4 ,93.7,93.0 and 90.7 pc respectively on the scale of 100 marks under Swachh Survekshan 2016 ranking among 53 best performing districts in Plains states and 22 best performing Districts in North East and Special Category states in the country selected by the ministr .
All 6,10,577 inhabitants in Sikkim have latrines with high sanitation and hygiene standards and 100% people of Sikkim are using household /community toilets in the state while 98.2% household are having sanitary toilets and again 98.2% of household are having access to sanitary toilets and are also using them According to report released by ministry of drinking water and sanitation.
Chief Minister Pawan Chamling launched the community-led sanitation campaign in 1999 for achieving full sanitation in 7,096 sq km area of the state, covering both rural and urban areas in all four districts
Sikkim is the only state which has achieved open defecation free status in the country so far . All the 446 Sikkim villages in four districts and 16 sub divisions have been declared as open defecation free villages as per guidelines of Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, said Chamling and added that a certificate to this effect was awarded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The State Government has constructed a total of 1,05,311 individual household latrines. Provision for toilet has been made mandatory for each household which has been linked to government grants and facilities.
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