LUCKNOW, Nov. 3 -- Uttar Pradesh will set up 150 faecal sludge treatment plants (FSTPs) across all 75 districts in the first phase of a larger plan to establish 400 such facilities in rural areas, as the state government seeks to strengthen waste management and achieve its Open Defecation Free (ODF) Plus targets under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) Phase-II.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the mission's governing body, chaired by panchayati raj minister Om Prakash Rajbhar in Lucknow on Tuesday.

The first phase, scheduled for the financial year 2026-27, envisages two treatment plants in each district. The broader plan provides for one FSTP for every two development blocks across the state's 826 blocks.

The government has dire...