(a) the number of villages/habitations in the country having access to proper sanitation
facilities, State-wise;
(b) whether large number of villages/habitations are still deprived of the proper
sanitation facilities;
(c) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
(d) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to provide sanitation facilities to
all the villages/habitations of the country in order to ward off diarrhoea and other
water-borne diseases?
MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION (SHRI JAIRAM RAMESH)
(a): Government of India administers the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC), a
comprehensive programme started in the year 1999 to ensure sanitation facilities in rural
areas with the main objective of eradicating the practice of open defecation and ensuring
clean environment. TSC is project based programme taking district as a unit operated in
demand driven mode. TSC, at present, is being implemented in 607 rural districts of the
country. A district project comprises of Gram Panchayat wise details of households and
other components of TSC requiring improvement in sanitation facilities. Gram Panchayat
is basic unit identified for monitoring community outcomes. The number of Gram
Panchayats wherein all households are reported to have sanitation facilities as per the
progress reported by the States through on line data monitoring system maintained by the
Ministry, is at Annexure.
(b)to(d): TSC at present is being implemented in 607 rural districts of the country. Each
Gram Panchayat of the district is covered under the campaign for having access to
sanitation by all households. The sanitation coverage in rural areas was 21.9% as per
census 2001. With the effective implementation of TSC, the sanitation coverage in rural
areas has increased to approximately 74% as of October 2011.