Maharashtra govt to build 56 lakh toilets

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Ministry of Human Resource Developmen
t03-August, 2015 17:55 IST
Separate Toilets for Boys and Girls in Schools

In pursuance of the national call given by the Prime Minister, the Department of School Education and Literacy under Ministry of HRD has launched Swachh Vidyalaya Programme with an objective to provide separate toilets for boys and girls in all government schools within a year. States / UTs have reported construction of 3.17 lakh toilets till 27th July, 2015.

About 300 central observers have been deputed to visit districts to review the progress of the Swachh Vidyalaya Initiative. The observers have reviewed progress with the district authorities. Review of utilization of funds was not part of their mandate.

This information was given by the Union Human Resource Development Minister, Smt. Smriti Irani in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha question.

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Updated: August 8, 2015 05:38 IST
Separate toilet blocks for men and women constructed at a cost of Rs. 15 lakh each were opened for public use in SMC Colony in Ward 45 here recently.

As part of eradicating open defecation and encouraging people to use toilets, these blocks were constructed.

Mayor S. Soundappan inaugurated the toilets in the presence of Commissioner K.R. Selvaraj, Deputy Mayor M. Natesan, Executive Engineer A. Ashokan, Kondalampatti Zone chairman M. Shanmugam, councillors and other workers.

Officials said that besides construction of integrated men and women toilets, individual toilets and public toilets, those in dilapidated condition were also demolished and new toilets were being constructed.

Proposal

They added that additional toilet blocks would be constructed in old bus stand and new bus stand for the convenience of the commuters.

“A proposal has been submitted for constructing four toilets at Rs. 80 lakh,” they added.

 

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The Minister of State for Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Shri Babul Supriyo addressing at the inauguration of the Mobile Toilet at the Victoria Memorial, in Kolkata on August 09, 2015.

 

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Tiruchi, which emerged all-India second, attributed the performance to “community participation”. File photos.

According to UUDM website, Tamil Nadu was sanctioned as first instalment funds to the tune of about Rs. 118 crore.



Chennai ranked 12 in the list of State capitals and 61 nationally. Corporation officials say decision making delay on the technology to be used for solid waste management continues to affect civic conditions. The civic body is planning to speed up specific interventions and has started construction of new public toilets, though the target of 19,000 such units would be reached only after funds are released under the mission.

Records suggest not one of the 286 slum areas in the city lack public toilets, which have reduced the habit of open defecation. Of the 78 sanitary complexes, 33 are operated and maintained by Self Help Groups and NGOs, underlining the improvement in service driven by the civil society.

 

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The Minister of State for Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Shri Babul Supriyo inaugurating the mobile toilets, as part of the "Swachh Bharat Mission", in Asansol, West Bengal on August 09, 2015.

The Minister of State for Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Shri Babul Supriyo inaugurated the mobile toilets, as part of the "Swachh Bharat Mission", in Asansol, West Bengal on August 09, 2015.

The Minister of State for Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Shri Babul Supriyo addressing at the inauguration of the mobile toilets, as part of the "Swachh Bharat Mission", in Asansol, West Bengal on August 09, 2015.

 

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Govt likely to achieve target of separate toilets in schools | Zee News
Last Updated: Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 20:13

New Delhi: The government seems set to accomplish the target of ensuring separate toilets for boys and girls in all schools across the country by this Independence Day, as was promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

If the latest information compiled this evening by the Ministry of Human Resource Development is any indication, the completion rate was 98.36 per cent and only 6,849 toilets are left to be constructed against the target of 4.19 lakh toilets.

HRD Ministry officials voiced confidence of achieving 100 per cent target by the time the PM addresses the nation on August 15.

In his first Independence Day speech last year, the Prime Minister had promised constructing toilets in all schools within a year, more so as lack of such facilities were keeping girl students away from schools in many pockets in the country.

The states and union territories, public sector undertakings from 15 central ministries and more than 10 private sector entities are involved in construction of toilets in schools under the Swachh Vidyalaya initiative.

In an earlier reply in Parliament, HRD Minister Smriti Irani had said that about 310 central observers have been deputed to visit districts to review the progress of the initiative.

The Minister had also informed that states and UTs such as Andaman and Nicobar, Daman & Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Kerala, Puducherry and Sikkim have already achieved 100 per cent target.

The Ministry has already started congratulating various states and union territories, PSUs and private players, engaged in the initiative, for achieving their target.

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US envoy applauds Sulabh's innovative efforts to improve sanitation | Zee News
Set up by eminent sociologist and social activist Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, Sulabh is a partner in USAID`s (United States Agency for International Development) Social and Behavior Change Coalition formed to promote the adoption of improved hygiene practices across the country.

Sulabh has constructed nearly 1.3 million household toilets and 54 million government toilets based on an innovative toilet design.

Nearly 15 million people use these toilets daily. Apart from the construction of toilets, the organization is also leading a movement to discourage manual scavenging.

"I have been moved by the way Dr. Pathak and Sulabh International is changing the lives of millions of Indians. It`s highly commendable that his work is not only stopping open defecation in India but is also restoring the dignity of the marginalized and mainstreaming them in society," Ambassador Verma said.

"The U.S. Government shares Dr. Pathak`s belief that providing toilets can be a tool for social change and that innovation is integral to improving the lives of those on the margins of society," he added.

In partnership with the India`s Ministry of Urban Development and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID is working to replicate innovative water and sanitation models across the country to support Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s `Swachh Bharat` mission and other urban development initiatives.

In addition, USAID`s Urban WASH Alliance is supporting five public-private partnerships that are improving water and sanitation services in seven cities and catalyzing behavior change such as hand washing, reducing open defecation, and providing appropriate treatment for children with diarrhea.

Early successes of these partnerships include plans to: construct 4,000 toilets and provide safe drinking water to 10,000 urban settlements in Delhi in partnership with the Center for Urban and Regional Excellence (CURE); reach 20 municipal schools and 2,500 students in Kolkata and Chennai through collaboration with Coca-Cola and TERI University; with WaterHealth India, provide over 32,000 households in Bangalore with world-class safe drinking water at one-eighth the cost via state-of-the-art water filtration machines; a WASH Social and Behavior Change Coalition formed to bring together 10 private sector and civil society partners including Sulabh to share best communications and advocacy practices to promote use of toilets and improved hygiene behaviors across the country.

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We have built separate toilets for schoolchildren: PM Modi | Zee News
Last Updated: Saturday, August 15, 2015 - 08:38

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that the country has been successful in constructing separate toilets for boys and girls in schools across the country.

"Last Independence Day I had decided to make separate toilets for boys and girls in all the schools of the country," he said in his Independence Day speech from the Red Fort here.

Despite having to construct 425,000 toilets in 262,000 schools in the country within the span of a year, the country has successfully done it, he said.

 

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4.35 lakh household toilets in urban areas | Zee News

Last Updated: Monday, August 17, 2015 - 13:44

New Delhi: Over four lakh individual household toilets have been constructed in urban areas of the country since the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission in October last year, according to officials.

Apart from 4,35,805 toilets constructed in urban areas till July this year, 22,419 toilet seats were made available and the number of municipal wards reporting 100 percent door-to-door collection of municipal solid waste was also increasing.

The Mission in urban areas is being implemented at a cost of Rs 62,009 crore.

During July this year, 52,473 household toilets and 3,786 community and public toilet seats were constructed in urban areas.

Cent percent door-to-door collection of solid waste has been achieved in 2,562 wards during the last month, according to a senior Urban Development Ministry official involved with the Swachh Bharat Mission.

Lead performers in building household toilets during the last month included Gujarat which constructed 33,670 toilets, accounting for 64 per cent of the total toilets built in urban areas of the country, followed by Madhya Pradesh (7244), Punjab (5677), Karnataka (1845), Haryana (1829), Chattisgarh (1676), Mizoram (300), Rajasthan (167), Manipur (41) and Uttarakhand (22).

Haryana, Mizoram and Manipur have reported for the first time construction of household toilets during July this year.

In construction of community and public toilets in July this year, Madhyra Pradesh led the effort with 1550 toilet seats, followed by Rajasthan (640), Tamil Nadu (600), Telangana (530) and Odisha (420).

As far as Delhi is concerned, the official said, it has reported repair and renovation of about 4,500 dysfunctional community and public toilets till July.

With regard to progress in solid waste management in July, Jammu & Kashmir led others having reported 100 per cent door-to-door collection of municipal waste in 989 wards, followed by Andhra Pradesh (777), Rajasthan (215), Haryana (196), UP (184), MP (110) and Maharashtra in 76 wards.

Out of the 78,003 municipal wards in the country, 31,470 wards have so far reported 100 per cent door-to-door collection of solid waste, including the progress achieved before the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission.100 per cent door-to-door collection of solid waste has

been reported by Chandigarh in all of its 26 wards and Andaman and Nicobar Islands in all 18 wards. Chandigarh reported municipal waste generation of 340 tonnes per day and 100 per cent processing of the same.

Andaman & Nicobar Islands reported waste generation of 70 tonnes per day and recycling of 30 per cent of it as against the target of 60 per cent processing by March next year.

Delhi has reported waste generation of 8,590 tonnes per day and processing of 52 per cent of it during the last month as against the target of 75 per cent for March next year.

While total solid waste generation during July this year in urban areas was reported to be 1,42,580 tonnes per day, 15.33 per cent of it was processed as against the target of 32 per cent for March next year.

Ten states and Union Territories are still to start processing of solid waste namely Assam, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Jharkhand, Nagaland, Sikkikm, Tripura and West Bengal.

Construction of toilets in urban areas under Swachh Bharat Mission is still to take off in 14 states and UTs including in A&N Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Jharkhand, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Tripura and West Bengal.

Taking a serious view of the lack of initiative on the part of these states and UTs, Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu has directed the Ministry officials to convey the concerns of the Ministry to the representatives of these States/UTs to find out reasons for the same and to ensure necessary momentum.

Swachh Bharat Mission's targets in urban areas include construction of 1.04 crore individual household toilets, over 5 lakh community and public toilet seats and 100 per cent door-to-door collection of solid waste, its transportation and disposal, to be achieved by the year 2019.

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MCDs slack in building toilets


Avinash Singh Sudan, Aug 17, 2015, New Delhi: DHNS:

The municipal corporations are dragging their feet in tackling open defecation in the city, opening only 20-odd new toilet blocks so far for the public since the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission in October last year.

No wonder they ranked 398 of the total 476 cities surveyed in a Ministry of Urban Development’s Pan India sanitation survey. As many as four lakh household toilets have been built in urban areas across the country since October last, according to the mission.

Officials with the North Delhi Municipal Corporation said the civic agency had initially decided to construct 51 women toilet block under its areas. “But not all community toilet complexes (CTCs) were sanctioned. Of them, 34 CTCs for women are almost ready for use,” said an official with Department of Environment Management Services.

“We are planning to conduct a survey to identify the number of individual toilets constructed by the households in the limits of civic agency,” he added.

While the South Corporation claimed that all the 397 CTCs and waterless urinals have been repaired and renovated since the launch of the mission. “Some 14 toilet blocks have been constructed and opened for public,” said an official requesting anonymity. “A tender for around 35 more toilets has been pending,” he added.

The East Delhi Municipal Corporation also said they had planned to construct over 65 public loos and nearly 45 are under-construction. “Some over 10 toilet blocks have been opened for the public earlier this year by the civic agency,” said an official with the DEMS.
But the councillors accused the government for the poor performance of civic agencies in the sanitation survey.

“They are meant for the corporations but two-third of the services are provided by the Delhi government. If civic agencies functioning or services were only been adjudged then the rating could have been better,” said North Corporation Mayor Ravinder Gupta.

 

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50,000 toilets to come up in Darjeeling - The Hindu
Updated: August 25, 2015 17:56 IST
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced that 50,000 toilets would be built in Darjeeling.

The Chief Minister said both the state government and Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) are working together to make the Queen of Hills clean and green.

“West Bengal government and GTA are working together for Clean and Green Darjeeling project worth Rs 500 crore. Bengal is number one in India in Swachh Bharat campaign. Three out of top four districts are from Bengal,” Ms. Banerjee said.

“I have visited Darjeeling more than 50 times in the last four years. I think nobody else (no other CM) has visited Darjeeling so many times. My Darjeeling is smiling,” she said.

 

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The Minister of State for Culture (Independent Charge), Tourism (Independent Charge) and Civil Aviation, Dr. Mahesh Sharma inaugurating the Sulabh toilet, at Assi Ghat, in Varanasi on September 05, 2015.

 

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Despite PM's Swachh Bharat campaign, 1.3 cr toilets defunct | Zee News

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 - 22:23

Shillong: Notwithstanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet Clean India campaign, over 1.3 crore toilets built by the government remain non-functional.

"A survey has indicated that 1.3 crore toilets out of the total six crore constructed are non-functional and have become defunct," Union Rural Development Minister Chaudhary Birendra Singh told journalists on the sidelines of a national consultation on 'Sanitation Partnership' here today.

Singh said a change was required in the mindset of the people to make them use these toilets.

"To make these toilets functional, change in the mindset is important as we want this to be a continuous process. We will come out with a declaration for people to know new ways to overcome this," he said.

"We have also decided to have a conclave of corporate people to be partners in the efforts of the government to construct these toilets," he said.

He said the government was committed to forging partnerships and nurturing them so together "we can make our nation free from the embarrassing practice of open defecation".

Swachh Bharat Mission aims at making the country free from open defecation by October 2019. Over 80 lakh sanitary toilets have been constructed during the current year, he said.

Noting that his ministry had uploaded on its website over five dozen new technologies for solid and liquid waste management, the Union minister said, "We have left it to the states to decide which technologies are good and applicable in their areas."

The Centre, he said, is providing projects ranging from Rs 7 lakh to Rs 20 lakh depending on the size of a village for installing solid-liquid waste management plants.

Singh sounded optimistic about construction of toilets in the north eastern region. "We will be able to achieve the target in all the North East states in the next two years," he said.

The Centre currently gives Rs 9000 for construction of toilets on plains and Rs 10,800 in the north eastern region, he said.

 

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A heritage look for new public toilets in city - The Hindu

Updated: September 23, 2015 05:47 IST
The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) will soon construct 10 public toilets in the city, that will feature a heritage design.

Chairman of MCC’s Standing Committee on Town Planning and Improvement, Shivakumar, said the civic body will also ensure that the new public toilets, which would come up in busy commercial areas, would also be clean with sufficient availability of water.

The public toilets, which will be available under the Pay and Use scheme, will come up in structures with a dome in line with the heritage city tag of Mysuru. Each structure will have separate entrances for men and women.

The first among the proposed toilets will come up near Gun House, outside the Southern Gate of Mysuru Palace.

The existing public toilets in the city would also be renovated, Mr. Shivakumar said.

There are about 30 to 35 public toilets in the city. “We will spruce up the existing toilets by taking up the necessary civil works, besides taking steps to maintain cleanliness and hygiene,” he said.

 

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E-toilets for Mysuru railway station to arrive from Chennai in a week - The Hindu

Two units of electronic toilets will be set up on platform no. 6 of the Mysuru railway station.— Photo: by Special Arrangement

Two units of electronic toilets will come up at the city railway station in a week.

The e-toilets will be set up on platform no. 6 for the benefit of passengers using the CFTRI-side entrance, Rajkumar Lal, Divisional Railway Manager, South Western Railway, told The Hindu .

The automatic sensor operated toilets with self-cleaning capabilities are connected over a web interface to monitor its functionality round the clock.

“The toilets are integrated with electronic systems to ensure cleanliness/hygiene to every user,” he said, adding that they offer a futuristic, resource-conserving and environment-friendly public sanitation facility for rail-users.

Entry to these e-toilets, which control entry, usage and remote-monitoring capabilities, is on payment of Rs. 2. “The pre-fabricated toilets were dispatched by the manufacturer from Chennai. It will be arriving here soon. Once it does, we only need to connect its outlet to a municipal sewer nearby,” a railway official said.

The toilets are not only programmed to automatically flush after use, but will also give voice directions to the user.

While the toilet meant for men will be called ‘He’, the one for women will be called ‘She’.

“The women’s toilet is also equipped with a sanitary-napkin vending machine and an incinerator,” Mr. Lal said.

The two units, which will occupy about 40 sq ft of space on the platform, are being installed at a cost of Rs. 15 lakh sanctioned by Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha under his MP Local Area Development scheme.

The e-toilets, which are being installed for the first time in South Western Railways, comprehensively address sanitation issued by leveraging latest technology, Mr. Lal said.

Swachh Bharat initiative

Also, the installation of e-toilets is in line with the directives of the Ministry of Railways to upgrade and sustain sanitation facilities at railway stations and on trains under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan initiative.

The e-toilets will be set up in other important stations of Mysuru division in the coming days, Mr. Lal added.

‘They offer a futuristic, resource-conserving and environment-friendly sanitation facility for rail-users’