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THEME PAPER
The Swacch Bharat Mission mission. migrants and urban poor on
(SBM) has been transformational COVID-19 brought forth new unutilized lands near centers
in eliminating open defecation challenges and vulnerabilities of work and utilizing vacant
and improving solid waste in access to housing and WASH houses constructed for EWS and
management across the facilities. The unforgettable LIG groups by centrally-funded
country. Since its inception in impact of COVID-19 on urban schemes.
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2014, 6.2 million individual migrants became international COVID-19 provides a strong
latrines and 594,658 community news as millions of temporary imperative for central, state and
toilets have been built in urban workers were stranded without local governments to consider
areas. The Mission has also shelter and livelihood in cities. different types of disruptions
prioritized behaviour change In response to the looming including from health pandemics
in communities to practice shelter crisis for temporary to strengthen their preparedness,
safe hygiene. To date, 4,323 workers and migrants, the response and recovery policies
cities have been declared open Ministry of Housing and Urban and strategies in a holistic and
defecation free. The Mission has Affairs, has incorporated rental integrated manner to serve
also brought a paradigm shift in housing as a viable option ‘in the needs of all the different
terms of changing behaviours the form of Affordable Rental vulnerable urban groups.
and has pushed for cleanliness Housing Complexes Scheme as
to become a movement. a sub-scheme under PMAY’. The WAY FORWARD
Additionally, many cities have approach paper, “Affordable The key message of WHD 2020
transformed and have invested Rental Housing Complexes,” theme – “Housing for All”,
in safe solid waste management delves into opportunities to emphasizes that “Housing is
and disposal as part of the SBM promote rental housing for
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