From Bhawna Vajpai, The Loomba Trust, New Delhi

Posted 7 July 2008

I work for the UK based Loomba Trust, committed to upgrading and constructing water supply, sanitation and hygiene facilities in schools under its WASH initiatives. We aim to work in 1,000 schools across India (rural areas and small towns) in collaboration with state governments.

“Guidelines: Central Rural Sanitation Programme-Total Sanitation Campaign” has been published by Ministry of Rural Development, Department of Drinking Water Supply in December 2007. Central Rural Sanitation Programme (CRSP) was restructured in the year 1999 exhibiting a paradigm shift in the approach and Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) was introduced. At present, the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) is the only rural sanitation programme implemented by Ministry of Rural Development. The document were developed in the context of the TSC programme in India, it provide objectives, strategy, approach and many useful guidelines.

The Manual entitled “A comprehensive manual on sanitation - its impact, the principles, the options available and its implementation” developed for the Water Portal and published by Development Promotion Group and Gramaalaya with Arghyam sponsorship. This handbook defines community sanitation system as the set of infrastructure and services available to a community or in a household, which provides a hygienic and safe way of discharging, collecting and disposing of excreta and liquid wastes, and in a manner that promotes the health of individuals and the community as a whole.

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