Rural Sanitation Survey and Potential Technological Solutions for Improving Existing Sanitary Systems in India

Conference: International Joint Conferences on Advances in Engineering and Technology
Author(s): Rishabh Raj, ShwetaYavagal, VelMurugan, S.Shrihari Year: 2018
Grenze ID: 02.AET.2018.1.512 Page: 181-189

Abstract

Dealing with psycho-social aspects of rural groups for building toilets and make them utilize is a tedious task. The\nvivid aspects leading to open defecation and in order to find solutions for eradicating the same is being concentrated which is\nmore likely prevailing in rural India. The survey was carried out in various villages of India to check the overall sanitation,\nhygiene habits, waste and wastewater discharge and most importantly, factors affecting the toilet adoption in the locality. The\ninteraction with the officials of gram panchayat gave us an idea about methodologies and drawbacks of toilet construction. It\nalso gave a comprehensive idea about assistance from the government in sanctioning the allocated funds and procedure\nadopted to construct toilets among rural population. A wide range of different income group was chosen and problems were\nnoted. The solutions could be divergent depending on various parameters like population, terrain, economic conditions etc.\nThe overall research is concentrated in monitoring and developing public health globally and attain success in rural\nsanitation.

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