This document discusses the need for clean drinking water and proper sanitation facilities in India. It notes that 128 million people in India lack access to safe drinking water and over 840 million do not have hygienic sanitation. Lack of access to clean water and sanitation causes 1.8 million deaths in India annually, mostly among children under 5. It also outlines various diseases caused by unsafe water and sanitation. The document then discusses current access levels and investments in water and sanitation infrastructure in India and defines improved sanitation facilities. It proposes actions individuals can take and lists agencies working in this area.

1. TOWARDS CLEANER INDIA:
PROVIDING CLEAN DRINKING WATER
AND PROPER SANITATION FACILITY
TO ALL
 PRESENTED BY:
 PRIYANKA SHARMA
 SNEH CHOUHAN
 KHUSHBOO GARG
 VIBHA PAHUJA
 NISHA VERMA
 (PPIMT HISAR)

2. OVERVIEW
 Water and sanitation
is one of the primary
drivers of public
health
 In India, 128 million
people lack access
to safe drinking
water and more than
840 million do not
have hygienic
sanitaion facilities.

3. continued
1.8 million people die every year
because of lacking proper drinking
water and sanitation facilities,90% are
children under 5

4. DISEASES CAUSED
 DIARRHOEA
 MALARIA
 SCHISTOSOMIOSIS
 INTESTINAL
HELMINTHS
 HEPATITIS A
 FLUOROSIS
 CHOLERA

5. ACCESS
 IMPROVED WATER
SUPPLY rural 84%
urban 96%
 Improved sanitation
rural 21% urban 54%
 Annual investment in
water supply and
sanitation US $
5/CAPITA

6. BASIC SANITATION-IMPROVED
SANITATION
 40% people have no
access to hygienic
mean of personal
sanitation.
 Facilities that ensure
hygienic sanitation are:
 Flush or pour flush
toilet to a sewer system
 Ventilated improved pit
toilet
 Pit toilet with slab
 Composting toilet

7. SAFE DRINKING WATER
 The govt. launched
NATIONAL RURAL
DRINKING WATER
QUALITY MONITORING
AND SURVELLIENCE
PROGRAMME IN 2006
 States have been
directed to earmark 20%
of ACCELERATED
RURAL WATER
SULPPLY PROGRAMME

8. WHAT CAN WE DO
 USE WATER WISELY
AT HOME AND WORK
 AVOIDING DUMPING
WASTE IN OPEN
 CREATE AN
AWARENESS OF THE
NEED FOR WATER
CONSERVATION AND
PROPER SANITATION

9. VARIOUS AGENCIES
THE CENTRAL WATER COMMISSION
NATIONAL RIVER CONSERVATION
DIRECTORATE
RAJIV GANDHI NATIONAL DRINKING
WATER MISSION
MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT
LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION
CENTRAL BUREAU OF HEALTH
INTELLIGENCE

10. THE GLOBAL RESPONSE
MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
(MDG)
 To face the crisis, the UN formulated MDG,
dedicated to reduce poverty and ensure
sustainable development. Goal number 7,
target 10 is the following one: "Halve, by
2015, the proportion of people without
sustainable access to safe water and basic
sanitation." The year of reference for this
goal is 1990. In order to meet the water
supply and sanitation target, an additional
260 000 people per day up to 2015 should
gain access to improved water sources and
an additional 370 000 people should gain
access to improved sanitation

11. SALIENT QUOTE
“We shall not finally defeat AIDS
,tuberculosis ,malaria or other
infectious diseases that plague the
developing world until we have also
won the battle for safe drinking water,
proper sanitation and basic health
care.”- KOFI ANNAN UN SECRETARY
GENERAL