Gudiyattam Gudiyattam Town - Municipal

Chapter ñ 8 Final Report: Gudiyattam Municipality
8.2 SEWERAGE AND SANITATION
8.2.1 Sewerage
At present, Gudiyattam town does not have a Sewerage network. There is no
separate system of sewage and storm water disposal. The drains are either side of
the roads and they carry both rainwater and sullage.
Gudiyattam Municipal Council has resolved to implement the Under Ground
Drainage scheme with the financial assistance under the National River
Conservancy Programme and resolved to execute the scheme through TWAD
Board
8.2.2 Sanitation
The most common mode of sanitary facility is the water closet, which constitutes 56%
of the total modes used. The safe modes of sanitary facilities are Pit Latrine and the
water closet while the unsafe modes include other forms and those households that
do not have a latrine. Out of the total number of households, 3735 household is 22%
that do not have latrines.
Public Toilet ñ Gopalapuram
Table 8-10: Classification of modes of sanitary waste disposal by type
Facility by Type Households Percentage
Safe mode of disposal
Unsafe mode of
disposal
Pit latrine 2816 16.44
Water closet 9535 55.66
Other latrine 1044 6.10
No latrine 3735 21.80
Total Households 17130 100
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