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Role of PDs/CEOs in rural sanitation – an overview

Role of PDs/CEOs in rural sanitation – an overview. By J.S.MATHUR JOINT SECRETARY Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation Ministry of Rural Development Government of India CONFERENCE OF PDS/CEOS VIGYAN BHAWAN, NEW DELHI 22 nd June, 2011. Why is Total Sanitation a must ?.

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Role of PDs/CEOs in rural sanitation – an overview

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  1. Role of PDs/CEOs in rural sanitation – an overview By J.S.MATHUR JOINT SECRETARY Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation Ministry of Rural Development Government of India CONFERENCE OF PDS/CEOS VIGYAN BHAWAN, NEW DELHI 22nd June, 2011

  2. Why is Total Sanitation a must ? • Causes most deaths due to gastro-intestinal diseases, jaundice, worms etc. • Expenditure on medical aid cuts the poor man’s pocket • Education suffers because children cannot attend school • Adolescent girls & women do not have privacy & dignity • Sanitation affects all Millennium Development Goals

  3. TSC- aims & targets • To achieve Universal Rural Sanitation Coverage • To cover all schools and anganwadis with toilets • Eradicate the practice of open defecation • Clean environment with solid & liquid waste management • Improve the general quality oflife in rural areas

  4. Quantum of assistance

  5. Rural Sanitation Coverage 1980-90 Int’l Drinking Water Supply & Sanitation Decade 1986-99 : Central Rural Sanitation Programme

  6. % State-wise achievement in IHHLs(TSC) >90% (5) 51-90% (15) 36-50% (5) <35% (5) All India (50.84%)

  7. % State-wise achievement in School Toilets 100%(5) 83-99%(12) 66-82%(6) <65%(5)

  8. % State-wise achievement in Anganwadi Toilets 100 %(5) 81-99%(10) 60-80%(4) <50%(10)

  9. Sanitation coverage in rural areas over years (Independent Assessment) 103 million new users as per WHO-Unicef Data since the year 2000, against population growth of 88 million in rural India

  10. Usage Lags Behind AccessAccess and use of household toilets in NGP Villages(As per TARU-Unicef Study-2008 conducted in six states and 162 GPs )

  11. REASONS FOR DYSFUNCTIONAL TOILETS (As per preliminary findings of CMS study 2010 conducted in 664 NGPs in 12 states) Functionality

  12. Effective IEC and HRD • Awareness creation is KEY . • Capacity Building & Training of stake- holders is TURNING POINT. • District level Program Manager : A CHAMPION. • Missionary zeal : MISSION MODE. • Dissemination of Message: EXPERIENCE SHARING. • Dedicated Team of MOTIVATORS and VOLUNTEERS. • Collective COMMUNITY Action: A Peoples’ Movement • CONVERGENCE : Officials / Non- Officials / Public • EXPOSURE VISITS. 12

  13. Effective IEC • People should understand • Must hit people hard • Local solutions for local conditions • Campaign to generate felt need for Total Sanitation • Use of simple language, local idiom, social mores

  14. Recent initiatives • Sanction of Consultants at State and district levels • Setting up of Block Resource Centres • Identification of Key Resource Centres • Strategic Action Plan 2012-22 finalised • Revision of incentives & unit costs • Conference of Hon’ State Ministers • Earmarked funds for SCs/STs

  15. Gaps and issues • Local strategies(IEC) to deal with different terrains, environments and socio-cultural groups • Sustaining the habit and changed sanitary behaviour with proper monitoring including post-NGP • Planned approach through regular meetings of SWSMs, DWSM & Village Water & Sanitation Committees • Filling up of sanctioned posts • Capacity building of PRIs and Govt functionaries • Construction of Toilets in Indira Awas

  16. No Toilet, No Bride

  17. Kerala : Hand book- ‘Thelima’ • A school sanitation and health work book for students from grade V to IX in association with SSA • A 31 page hand book in simple language with topical illustrations.

  18. Thank you

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