Water Sanitation in India Unicef
Ganesh Kumar Nigam
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Overview
• Individual’s health and hygiene is largely dependent on adequate availability of safe drinking water, access to improved sanitation and better hygienic practices.
• Water and sanitation-related diseases, despite being preventable, still remains one of the most significant child health problems worldwide and reasons for malnutrition.
• Drinking water facility is available in all the 98,098 habitations.
• 76,944 (78%) habitations have 100% population coverage, which is very high than the national average (70.82%).
• However, there are 9,751 (10%) habitations where more than half of the population is yet to be covered.
• Government of India runs two flagship programmes, National Rural Drinking Water
Programme (NRDWP) and Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC), to provide safe drinking water and sanitation facility to all. NRDWP also focuses on sustainability of water availability and quality of water.
Percentage of habitations with 100% population coverage in rural areas by districts, June, 2010
Access to drinking water– Rural areas, Maharashtra,
June 2010
• Information on access to water facility is available only for rural areas.
• A Habitation58 is a unit to provide drinking water facilities. In Maharashtra, there are
98,098 habitations.
No. of districts
Index
• Status of habitations by population coverage : (As on June, 2010).
Urban Area
02
Less than 60%
10
60-70%
12
70-80%
07
More than 80%
04
National average: 70.82 %
State average: 78.44 %
Highest: 93.55 % Gadchiroli
Source : www.ddws.nic.in
Lowest: 40.14 % Jalgaon
• Significant disparities exist among districts in terms of habitations with 100% population coverage.
• Aurangabad and Amravati divisions are still water stressed.
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trends in using different water sources
Rural
Urban
trends in using
82
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Water and Sanitation
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84 | WAteR ANd SANItAtION
Overview
• Individual’s health and hygiene is largely dependent on adequate availability of safe drinking water, access to improved sanitation and better hygienic practices.
• Water and sanitation-related diseases, despite being preventable, still remains one of the most significant child health problems worldwide and reasons for malnutrition.
• Drinking water facility is available in all the 98,098 habitations.
• 76,944 (78%) habitations have 100% population coverage, which is very high than the national average (70.82%).
• However, there are 9,751 (10%) habitations where more than half of the population is yet to be covered.
• Government of India runs two flagship programmes, National Rural Drinking Water
Programme (NRDWP) and Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC), to provide safe drinking water and sanitation facility to all. NRDWP also focuses on sustainability of water availability and quality of water.
Percentage of habitations with 100% population coverage in rural areas by districts, June, 2010
Access to drinking water– Rural areas, Maharashtra,
June 2010
• Information on access to water facility is available only for rural areas.
• A Habitation58 is a unit to provide drinking water facilities. In Maharashtra, there are
98,098 habitations.
No. of districts
Index
• Status of habitations by population coverage : (As on June, 2010).
Urban Area
02
Less than 60%
10
60-70%
12
70-80%
07
More than 80%
04
National average: 70.82 %
State average: 78.44 %
Highest: 93.55 % Gadchiroli
Source : www.ddws.nic.in
Lowest: 40.14 % Jalgaon
• Significant disparities exist among districts in terms of habitations with 100% population coverage.
• Aurangabad and Amravati divisions are still water stressed.
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trends in using different water sources
Rural
Urban
trends in using