Sanitation

All-India numbers for rural and urban access to improved and unimproved water supply and sanitation for the years 1990,2000, 2008. The same data is available in a standard format for all countries of the world.

The presentation "A decade of TSC - Progress Achieved and Lessons Learnt" has data and graphs on TSC financial allocations, actual expenditures and expenditure efficiency at various levels (household, district, school etc.), how different states and the country as a whole are doing in terms of achieving 100% sanitation, NGP awards etc.

Survey of school sanitation in seven blocks of Mysore district. The survey analysis aimed at exploring the availability and usage of infrastructure in schools regarding water and sanitation. Further, it also tried to explore the personal hygiene practices prevalent among school children, most importantly the handwashing habit.

Sanitation infrastructure construction at a monthly level for all districts across India. Data is accessible from 1999 to 2011. Details include Household latrines (APL and BPL), Schools and Anganwadi toilets, Rural Sanitary Marts data.

Water supply information (LPCD) and number of water sources of different types such as open wells, bore wells, mini-water supply, piped-water supply, household taps. Sanitation information such as number of Nirmal Gram Yojana latrines, community and household latrines (required and existing) is available for all habitations across Karnataka. Web querying interface.

Baseline sanitation data and implementation status till March 2009 of Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) of all habitations across India. Baseline survey contains information about APL and BPL Household toilets, Anganwadis with and without toilets, etc. TSC data contains details of new sanitation construction under TSC programme.

This document by Department of Drinking Water Supply, is on the minutes of the video conference with principal investigators of Research and Development projects funded by Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation (GoI) that was held on 20.4.2012 in Delhi.

This document by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, is on the minutes of the meeting of the conference of state ministers and state secretaries in charge of rural drinking water and sanitation.

The deplorable condition of sanitation facilities in developing countries, has been gaining enormous attention in the recent times. It is no longer a “forgotten issue”.Though measure and several initiatives have been taken by national governments and international agencies to address this problem, yet a lot has to be done and learned about dealing with it.

Arghyam, which works in the areas of domestic water and sanitation, has decided to look more closely at the sanitation space to identify certain areas where it can work towards attaining total sanitation in rural areas of India.