CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -About SBM. To accelerate the efforts to achieve universal sanitation coverage and to put the focus on sanitation, the Prime Minister of India had launched the Swachh Bharat Mission on 2nd October 2014.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Indus Valley civilisation in northwestern India and Pakistan was home to the world’s first known urban sanitation systems. In Mohenjo-Daro (c. 2800 BC), toilets were built into the outer walls of homes. These toilets had vertical chutes, via which waste was disposed of into cesspits or street drains.

Detailed explanation-3: -SBM-U 2.0 was launched to achieve “Garbage Free” status for all cities through 100 per cent source segregation and door-to-door collection of waste. The Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) was launched on 2nd October, 2014 for a period up to 30.9.

Detailed explanation-4: -The very first public toilets were introduced in 1851 in London’s Crystal Palace. George Jennings, who was a plumber, installed what he called “Monkey Closets”. People were excited by them because they were the first public toilets that anyone had ever seen – and they flushed!