:
(a) whether any survey has been conducted to find out the parts of the country with heaviest concentration of people without toilets ;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the steps taken by the Government to address the situation ?
:
(a) whether any survey has been conducted to find out the parts of the country with heaviest concentration of people without toilets ;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the steps taken by the Government to address the situation ?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT (SHRI AJAY MAKEN)
(a)&(b): No, Sir. However, the Registrar General & Census
Commissioner, India has published Census of India - 2001,
Series-I- Tables on Houses, Household Amenities and Assets,
enumerating households having pit latrines, water closets, other
latrines and without latrines. Details are given at annexure-I.
(c): To address the situation of providing adequate sanitation
facilities, the Govt. of India has launched two programmes viz.
Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and
Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small & Medium Towns
(UIDSSMT) for all urban towns/cities as per norms which consists
of four components:
1. Urban Infrastructure & Governance (UIG) - for 63 cities
2. Basic Services for Urban Poor (BSUP) - for 63 cities
3. Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small & Medium
Towns (UIDSSMT) - for all other cities
4. Integrated Housing & Slum Development Programme (IHSDP) -
for all other cities.
The schemes of BSUP and IHSDP are administered by Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation.
ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a)&(b) OF LOK SABHA USQ
NO. 5121 FOR 11.5.2007
HOUSEHOLD UNITS IN THE COUNTRY WITH TYPE OF LATRINE.
Category Number of Pit Latrine Water Other Without Households Closet Latrine Latrine
Urban 53,692,376- 7,840,189 24,761,392 6,979,859 14.110.936
Rural 138,271,559 14,236,297- 9,837,054 6,231,008 107,967,200
Total 191,963,935 22,076,486- 34,598,446- 13,210,867 122,078,136