Huge gaps in monitoring and enforcement of clearance conditions actually defeats the very purpose of grant of conditional environmental clearance, the report says.
Sanitation is the unpopular cousin of water supply, and that investments, interest and motivation to transform the sanitation sector are lacking, the report says.
For long-term sustainability of the rural water supply schemes under the Mission, it is imperative to design State-specific plans of action, the study says.
There is compelling evidence that sanitation brings the greatest public health returns on investment among all development interventions, the article says.
