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SECTOR (D) Total
Sanitation Campaign
The PHE Department has got a project called
the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) under
Kokrajhar District. The object of the project
is to provide sanitation facilities to BPL
(Below Poverty Line) & APL (Above Poverty
Line) in totality with 100% coverage. The
present prospect of TSC is stated below.
The TSC project for other three district
under BTC is under process of preparation.
Total Sanitation
Campaign (TSC) :-
Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) is the vehicle
of reforms in the rural sanitation sector.
TSC was launched in 1999 by restructuring
the Central Rural Sanitation Programme (CRSP).
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main objectives of the TSC are as under
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| 1. |
To bring about an improvement in the
general quality of life in the rural
areas. |
| 2. |
Accelerate sanitation coverage in
rural areas. |
| 3. |
Generate field demand for sanitation
facilities through awareness creation
and health education. |
| 4. |
Cover Schools/Anganwadis in rural
areas with sanitation facilities and
promote hygiene education and sanitary
habits among students. |
| 5. |
Encourage cost effective and appropriate
technologies in sanitation. |
| 6. |
Eliminate open defecation to minimize
risk of contamination of drinking water
sources and food. |
| 7. |
Convert dry latrines to pour flush
latrines and eliminate manual scavenging
practice, wherever in existence in rural
areas. |
This programme is being implemented in
a demand responsive manner where community
is the forefront of implementation. The
programme gives emphasis on creating awareness
through intensive IEC (Information Education
and Communication) to bring about attitudinal
and behavioural changes for relevant hygiene
practices. It is no longer merely a hardware
programme for providing assistance for construction
of Toilets in BPL households but a facilitating
process for a community led campaign for
demand generation of sanitation facilities
and meeting the demand so generated through
a wide range of technology choices suited
to varying requirement of households in
different income categories and hydrological
conditions. Individual health and hygiene
is largely dependent on adequate availability
of drinking water and proper sanitation.
The concept of sanitation comprises personal
hygiene, home sanitation, safe water, garbage,
disposal, excreta disposal and waste water
disposal. Sanitation is one of the basic
determinds of quality of life and human
development index. Good sanitary practices
prevent contamination of water and soil
and thereby prevent diseases. 80% of the
diseases that are prevalent today in our
country are a result of inadequate water
and sanitary facilities.
They are therefore preventable. Children
from the socio-economically weaker section
are severely affected and many fall prey
to diseases caused by contaminated drinking
water and insanitary conditions. Children
are our future citizens and it is in our
interest to keep them healthy. To make their
young bodies strong, children need nutrious
food and safe water. Equally important is
a clean environment and good sanitation.
To imprint on young minds the casual link
between insanitary condition and the diseases
that they are their families. Experience
is indeed the first step towards effecting
changes. If a child is ingrained with these
ideas at an early age, the child not only
retains and acts on it, but also communicate
to those among that proper sanitation and
personal hygiene are the road to better
health. Schools are a meeting point for
most children, and therefore emerge as an
ideal ground for imparting this valuable
education.
Out of 4 (four) districts, Kokrajhar district
first conducted the Base line Survey for
preparation of project implementation plan
and as per sanctioned of project the programme
started from the year 2005. In Chirang,
Baksa and Odalguri, the programme is under
process. As per the Base line Survey it
is revealed that only 6.47% of rural house
hold have toilet facilities in old Kokrajhar
district. The main aim of this programme
in BTC is to provide toilets to every household
in rural areas, construction of school sanitary
Block in every provincialised schools and
construction of Anganwadi toilets in every
government Anganwadi centres. Information
Education and Communication ( IEC) are important
components of the programmes. These intend
to create demand for sanitary facilities
in the rural areas for households, schools,
Anganwadis. The activities carried out under
this componentis area specific and also
involve all sections of the rural population,
in a manner, where willingness of the people
to construct latrines is generated.
Organization
Structure and role
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