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This is the story of the successes and challenges faced in building the fast expanding rural sanitation network in India. It presents a detailed account of the development of the rural sanitation movement in India in the last decade. It is a story of breaking of sanitation taboos in India and teaching people to defecate with dignity and privacy. The book presents a historical account of the importance attached to sanitation and hygiene in ancient India and the evolution of sanitation policy in modern India.
Operationalizing reforms in a vast country like India, where pace and status of development varies significantly from state to state, is not an easy task. This book captures in detail the key debates and challenges faced in making policy makers and program managers across the states accept the reform principles in the Total Sanitation Campaign, the process of involving different key stakeholders in developing faith and conviction in TSC strategy and the development of key building blocks for program management. The key factors which influenced the success of the program and the lessons learned have been critically analyzed and presented in the book. One chapter introspects about the weaknesses in the program and the scope of improvement. The book outlines a vision for the future of the sanitation program in India and offers innovative ideas for launching a second generation of sanitation initiatives. The lessons from India are equally relevant for other countries in the world that are struggling with similar issues.
Introduction
Introduction
Anyone who gets the opportunity to travel by railway or road in India finds one thing in common: hundreds and thousands of people defecating along the railway track or the road and disposing tonnes of harmful human excreta in the open resulting in spread of various diseases. This practice is so widespread that people defecating in the open form the majority in India and persons and institutions who dared to question this practice have been subjected to mockery. The problem gets more aggravated with the taboo attached with the words ‘Toilet’ and ‘Excreta’ and very few politicians, administrators and even development professionals consider it important to even discuss about the ill effects of poor sanitation and hygiene on human beings and environment. A country ...
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