Housing and Space Management

Housing And Space Management 3(2+1)

Lesson 25 : Waste Disposal System

Introduction

• Despite significant investments over the last 20 years, India still faces the most daunting sanitation challenge than any other country in South Asia. According to an estimate, India stands second among the worst places in the world for sanitation after China.
• Slums are very rarely connected to city’s sanitation infrastructure and the sanitation situation is deplorable.
• Effective implementation of sanitation schemes, increased civil society’s participation, enhancing financial allocation and monitoring progress and effective targeting seems to be the key to achieve total sanitation in India.