S.S. & L.S.
PATKAR COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE
AND
V.P. VARDE COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & ECONOMICS
(AUTONOMOUS- AFFILIATED TO UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI)
S.V. ROAD, GOREGAON (WEST),
MUMBAI-400062
SUBJECT FOUNDATION COURSE
CLASS SYBBI
GROUP NO. 14
SUBJECT TEACHER MS. AKSHATA RANAVADE
ROLL NO. NAME OF STUDENT
593 SANDESH NARKAR
594 SHANTI YADAV
595 JHANVI HAMBIR
596 SHUBHAM KAMBLE
WATER SUPPLY
AND SANITATION
IN INDIA
WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION IN INDIA
• DRINKING WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION FACILITIES ARE VERY
IMPORTANT AND CURCIAL FOR ACHIEVING THE GOAL OF “HEALTH FOR
ALL”
• ACCORDING TO WHO, “POOR SANITATIONA ND INADEQUATE SEWAGE
DISPOSAL THE NATIONS BIGGEST HEALTH PROBLEMS.”
• APPROXIMATELY 80-90% OF UNTREATED SEWAGE IS DISCHARGED DIRECTLY INTO
RIVERS AND STREAMS, THE MAIN SOURCE OF WATER SUPPLY IN CITIES HUMAN
FAECES REMANS ON THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS POLLUNTANTS, SPREADING
MICROBES THAT CAUSES TYPHIOD, CHLOREA, DIARREHAL ILLNESS, AMOEBIC
DYSENTERY AND OTHER VIRULENT DISEASES.
• THE NATIONAL WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION PROGRAMME WAS LAUNCHED IN
1954 BY THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AS PART OF THE HEALTH PLAN TO ASSIST THE
STATES TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION FACILITIES IN
THE COUNTRY.
• THE TERM SANITATION IS THE SCIENCE OF SAFEGUARDING HEALTH, AS PER NSF
OF USA SANITATION IS A WAY OF LIFE. IT IS THE QUALITY OF LIVING THAT IS
EXPRESSED IN THE CLEAN HOME, CLEAN FARM, THE CLEAN BUSINESS, THE CLEAN
NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE CLEAN COMMUNITY, BEING A WAY OF LIFE IT MUST
COME FROM WITHIN THE PEOPLE, IT IS NOURISHED BY KNOWLEDGE AND GROWS
AS AN OBLIGATION AND AN IDEAL IN HUMAN RELATIONS.
• THE TERM ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION HAS BEEN DEFINED BY WHO AS THE
CONTROL OF ALL THOSE FACTORS IN MAN'S PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT WHICH
EXERCISE A DELETERIOUS EFFECT ON HIS PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH AND
SURVIVAL.
NATIONAL URBAN SANITATION POLICY
IN NOVEMBER 2008, THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
LAUNCHED A NATIONAL URBAN SANITATION POLICY
GOAL: THE MAIN GOAL OF THIS POLICY IS CREATING"
TOTALLY SANITIZED CITIES" THAT ARE
TO MAKE FREE FROM OPEN DEFECATION
TO ELIMINATE MANUAL SCAVENGING
TO COLLECT AND DISPOSE SOLID WASTE SAFETY.
ROLE OF GOVERNMENT - INDIA
• 1954- NATIONAL WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION PROGRAMME
• 1972- ARWSP (ACCELERATED RURAL WATER SUPPLY PROGRAMME )
• 1981- INTERNATIONAL DRINKING SUPPLY AND SANITATION PROGRAMME
• 2002- SWAJADHARA
• 2008- NATIONAL URBAN SANITATION POLICY
ACTIVITIES
PLAN , IMPLEMENT , OPERATE , MAINTAIN AND MANAGE ALL WATER SUPPLY &
SANITATION PROGRAMME.
CONVERSATION MEASURES:
A. RAIN WATER HARVESTING
B. GROUND WATER RECHARGE SYSTEM
RESPONSIBILITY FOR WATER
SUPPLY AND SANITATION
• WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION IS A STATE RESPONSIBILITY UNDER THE INDIAN
CONSTITUTION.
• STATE MAY GIVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PANCHAYATI RAJINSTITUTIONS
(PRI) IN RURAL AREAS.
• IN URBAN AREAS, RESPONSIBILITY IS GIVEN TO THE MUNICIPALITIES, CALLED
URBAN LOCAL BODIES (ULB).
-THANK YOU-