While it has made progress on water supply, a high percentage continue to defecate in the open
Going by the present pace of progress, India will achieve the millennium development goals (MDGs) on sanitation only by 2054. While some States had already achieved the target and some are close to it, other populous States such as Madhya Pradesh and Orissa will reach the target only in the next century, according to WHO and UNICEF's Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation (JMPWSS).
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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-supply
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/unicef
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drinking-water
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kerala
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/haryana
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/meghalaya
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/himachal-pradesh
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/punjab
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/assam
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/andhra-pradesh
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sanitation
