<span style="color: #222222;">Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhrial Nishank informed the Lok Sabha that construction and re-construction of 4,17,796 toilets was completed in 2,61,400 Government elementary and secondary schools as reported by the States and UTs.<br />''<br />''In a written reply during the Question Hour, the Minister said that in response to an announcement made by the Prime Minister on 15 August 2014, the Department of School Education and Literacy under Ministry of Human Resource Development had launched Swachh Vidyalaya initiative to provide separate toilets for girls and boys in all Government schools, within one year upto 15th August 2015.</span><br />