From toilet coverage to toilet adoption : Challenges in rural India
Name of Student:
Guide:
Prof. N. C. Narayanan
Project Type:
M. Tech Project -I (TD 695)
Sector:
Waste and Sanitation
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Abstract:
Sanitation programs in India have largely focused on toilet coverage and lesser on
promoting the usage and adoption. In this study various sanitation schemes of India have been
analysed. The chasing of coverage targets to build individual household latrines and less
emphasis and expenditure have become blind spot for the implementing agencies. The
performance analysis of Swatcha Bharat Abhiyan using available datasets and records was
done and it was found that open defecation is not decreasing as the same rate as number of
household without toilet are decreasing. Various toilet adoption frameworks like Sanitation
Ladder, Community Led Total Sanitation, SaniFOAM framework, Toilet Tripod model and
Safe San Index have been reviewed with their identifying their strength and limitations. The
frameworks are used to understand issues of toilet usage and implement behaviour change
projects. The core target of Swatch Bharat Abhiyan is to declare the whole of country as open
defecation free. A desk analysis of ODF declaration and sustainability procedure suggested
more robust methods need to be adopted to ensure toilet adoption and ODF sustainability.