Nearly 5.67 lakh villages across the country have been declared ODF Plus, recording a 467 per cent increase from 1 lakh in 2022, according to official data released by the Jal Shakti ministry on the occasion of World Toilet Day on Wednesday. Of these, 4.86 lakh villages have achieved the ‘ODF Plus Model’ stage which means that they sustain open-defecation-free status while managing both solid and liquid waste and maintaining visual cleanliness, the data said. As per the official data, over 95 per cent of villages in India were declared ODF Plus.Nearly 5.67 lakh villages across the country have been declared ODF Plus, recording a 467 per cent increase from 1 lakh in 2022, according to official data released by the Jal Shakti ministry on the occasion of World Toilet Day on Wednesday. Of these, 4.86 lakh villages have achieved the ‘ODF Plus Model’ stage which means that they sustain open-defecation-free status while managing both solid and liquid waste and maintaining visual cleanliness, the data said. As per the official data, over 95 per cent of villages in India were declared ODF Plus.