Sanitation[edit]

Tripura has a high incidence of open defecation, especially in the interior hilly and forest areas. The
state has extensively implemented Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan and currently the Swachh Bharat
Abhiyan and convergence with MGNREGS to address this problem. Schools and Anganwadi Center
are focused to provide urinals and latrines, separate for boys and girls along with baby-friendly
toilets in Anganwadi Centers to inculcate the habit of using sanitary latrines at a young age.
However many toilets lie dysfunctional due to lack of maintenance and damage. Earlier schemes of
providing plastic squatting plates, free of cost to people, has not produced results as most of them lie
unused as many people cannot afford to construct a toilet. Open defecation has created problems of
diarrhea and vulnerability to malaria. The Chief Minister of Tripura has envisioned to make the state
Open Defecation Free (ODF) by 2017.