Sanitation and Hygiene

Guest post: Surashree Shome

This writeup aims at comparing the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) guidelines with the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) guidelines released on July 2012 by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS) and focuses on and analyses the modifications/changes and additions included in the NBA Guidelines. Wherever TSC is referred to in the document, it is with reference to the TSC guidelines published by MDWS in July 2011. The document has followed the serial number and the title/subtitle of NBA guidelines for the convenience of the reader. The information given in the boxes is taken from the MGNREGA Guidelines.

This report by the World Bank identifies the key elements of a State-wide program for improving water supply and sanitation services and accountability on the basis of

This document by Department of Housing & Urban development, Government of Odisha, provides ward level data on insanitary latrines in urban areas of the state.

This document by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation is a draft of the WASH advocacy and communication strategy 2012-2017.

This document by Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation is on the minutes of the first meeting of sectoral innovation council. It sheds light on the need for innovation in rural water sector.

It is a presentation by Principal Secretary of water supply and sanitation department of Maharashtra on process adopted by the state to encourage cities to prepare City Sanitation Plan. This document includes data on status of 19 cities of Maharashtra on Sanitation, sewage treated and open defecation status.

This document includes the performance of each state in rural water supply and sanitation during eleventh five year plan. It includes data on coverage, uses, status in the villages. It also provides data on proposed investment in the sector in twelfth five year plan. It also discusses the various programmes implemented and their outcomes in the 11th plan.

This report includes recommended norms for the five basic services and their components as suggested by various organisations. The basic service includes water supply, sewerage, solid waste management, primary education and preventive health care. The investment needs required for provision, operation and maintenance of basic services in various states are also discussed.

Census data on sources of drinking water by tap, hand pump, well or other. The data is percentage wise accesses to drinking water in urban and rural India given separately. Also data on Availability and Type of Latrine Facility: 2001-2011. Data for urban and rural given separately.

This study report suggests that inadequate sanitation causes India considerable economic losses, equivalent to 6.4 per cent of India's GDP in 2006 at Rs. 2.4 Trillion. It quantifies the economic loss in health, tourism, access time and water due to inadequate sanitation. It also represents the effect of the same on rise of death due to water bone diseases.