SUSTAINABLE SANITATION SUSTAINABLE SANITATION IN IN

TAMILNADUTAMILNADU

Sanitation ProfileSanitation Profile

ComponentComponent Project Project ObjectiveObjective

AchievementAchievement Percentage of Percentage of AchievementAchievement

IHHLIHHL 42140894214089 28797212879721 68.33%68.33%

Sanitary Sanitary ComplexComplex

12951295 15121512 100%100%

School ToiletsSchool Toilets 4041840418 3550335503 87.83%87.83%

AnganwadiAnganwadiToiletsToilets

2547025470 2293822938 90.05%90.05%

RSMPCRSMPC 244244 258258 100%100%

NGP IN TAMIL NADUNGP IN TAMIL NADU

•• 2004 : 12 Panchayats2004 : 12 Panchayats•• 2005 : 118 Panchayats2005 : 118 Panchayats•• 2006 : 296 Panchayats2006 : 296 Panchayats•• 20072007--08 :1960 Village 08 :1960 Village

Panchayats and 11 Block Panchayats and 11 Block Panchayats recommended for NGPPanchayats recommended for NGP

State specific initiatives.State specific initiatives.•• Awareness Awareness ProgrammesProgrammes to Self Help Groupsto Self Help Groups•• Conduct of Block, Village Health FestivalsConduct of Block, Village Health Festivals•• Exposure visits to successful Exposure visits to successful panchayatspanchayats•• Street Corner Meeting and Street PlaysStreet Corner Meeting and Street Plays•• Competitions among School ChildrenCompetitions among School Children•• Repeated Training ProgrammeRepeated Training Programme•• Door to Door CampaignDoor to Door Campaign

InitiativesInitiatives ....SughadharaSughadhara PongalPongal……

•• PongalPongal symbolisessymbolisescleanliness and new cleanliness and new BeginningBeginning

•• A week long festival to A week long festival to promote sanitation and promote sanitation and cleanliness. launched incleanliness. launched inJanuary 12January 12--17, 2004 & 17, 2004 & continues every yearcontinues every year

•• Special IEC drive to Special IEC drive to promote Sanitationpromote Sanitation

InitiativesInitiatives……

•• Competition Competition among streets and among streets and households households ––Kolam,cleanKolam,clean streetstreet

InitiativesInitiatives……

•• Competitions Competitions among school among school childrenchildren

FEMALE HYGIENE INITIATIVESFEMALE HYGIENE INITIATIVES

•• Promoting Menstrual Hygiene Management Promoting Menstrual Hygiene Management system among women and adolescent girls, system among women and adolescent girls,

•• Production of sanitary napkin through Production of sanitary napkin through SHGsSHGs, , supported by SGSYsupported by SGSY

•• Capacity building of Education and TSC staff on Capacity building of Education and TSC staff on MHMMHM

•• Provision of Incinerators in schools and Women Provision of Incinerators in schools and Women Sanitary complexes for safe disposal of soiled Sanitary complexes for safe disposal of soiled napkins napkins

Incinerators installed in IWSC and Incinerators installed in IWSC and Girls ToiletGirls Toilet

SCHOOL SANITATIONSCHOOL SANITATION

Hygiene for Rural School girlsHygiene for Rural School girls””TiruvallurTiruvallur DistrictDistrict

Sanitary Sanitary Napkin Napkin Vending Vending Machine Machine at School at School

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SHGsSHGs Pivotal for Sanitation Pivotal for Sanitation PromotionPromotion•• Every district has more than 5000 Every district has more than 5000 SHGSHG’’ss•• Orient and motivate them to construct toiletsOrient and motivate them to construct toilets•• Major role in awareness generation in villagesMajor role in awareness generation in villages•• Micro credit for sanitation Micro credit for sanitation –– group savings, bank group savings, bank

loan, sanitation fund, pooling of incentivesloan, sanitation fund, pooling of incentives•• Production of sanitary napkinsProduction of sanitary napkins

Production of Cement blocks for Production of Cement blocks for Superstructure by Superstructure by SHGsSHGs

•• Production of Sanitary Napkins by Production of Sanitary Napkins by SHGsSHGs

IN ERODE DISTRICTIN ERODE DISTRICT

Challenges and constraints in scaling Challenges and constraints in scaling up and sustaining total sanitation in up and sustaining total sanitation in the Statethe State

ChallengesChallenges

•• Demand for good structure for toiletsDemand for good structure for toilets•• Limited focus on environmental SanitationLimited focus on environmental Sanitation•• Status of drainage is very poor despite high Status of drainage is very poor despite high

importance attached by Community.importance attached by Community.•• Toilet cleaning and maintenance is an issue for Toilet cleaning and maintenance is an issue for

School toiletsSchool toilets•• Efforts to sustain NGP villages.Efforts to sustain NGP villages.

Media CoverageMedia Coverage

•• Good response from print, electronic and Good response from print, electronic and radio media.radio media.

•• Local vernacular and English dailies cover Local vernacular and English dailies cover sanitation related issues.sanitation related issues.

•• They portray both positive and challenging They portray both positive and challenging issuesissues

SustainabilitySustainability

•• Absence of good superstructureAbsence of good superstructure•• Hygiene Hygiene behaviourbehaviour and their effectivenessand their effectiveness•• Capacity building for teacher need strengtheningCapacity building for teacher need strengthening•• Extensive IEC initiatives and materialsExtensive IEC initiatives and materials•• Increasing the unit cost Increasing the unit cost

IHHL from Rs.1500 to Rs.7500. IHHL from Rs.1500 to Rs.7500. School toilets from Rs.20,000/School toilets from Rs.20,000/-- to Rs.40,000/to Rs.40,000/

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