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As-Is and e-Readiness Study report on Public Health EngineeringDepartment, Govt. of Assam(strike off whichever is not applicable)(Signature of concerned Area Officer)Date :TOTAL SANITATION CAMPAIGN(TSC) PROGRAMBACKGROUNDIn the sanitation sector, “Total Sanitation Campaign” (T.S.C) is being implemented inAssam as a community orientation rural sanitation programme. Keeping in view ofsustainable Total Environmental Sanitation in rural areas, this programme is beingimplemented with major impetus on providing individual Household Latrine, School andAnganwadi Toilet etc. and also on facilitating alternate delivery mechanism of sanitary goodsand service through Rural Sanitary Mart (RSM)/production Centre (PC). TSC emphasizedalso on IEC, HRD and capacity development activities for motivation campaign andappropriate Liquid and Solid Waste management in rural area.Assam Public Health Engineering Department is also the nodal department for ruralsanitation programme.OBJECTIVESThe main objectives of the TSC are as under:a. Bring about an improvement in the general quality of life in the rural areas.b. Accelerate sanitation coverage in rural areas to access to toilets to all by 2012.c. Motivate communities and Panchayati Raj Institutions promoting sustainablesanitation facilities through awareness creation and health education.d. In rural areas, cover schools by March 2008 and Anganwadis by March 2009, withsanitation facilities and promote hygiene education and sanitary habits amongstudents.Ref.: AEDC/AOP/EOI/2009/10 Copyright : AEDC Ltd. 52
As-Is and e-Readiness Study report on Public Health EngineeringDepartment, Govt. of Assame. Encourage cost effective and appropriate technologies for ecologically safe andsustainable sanitation.f. Develop community managed environmental sanitation systems focusing on solid &liquid waste management.STRATEGYThe strategy is to make the Programme 'community led' and 'people centered'. A"demand driven approach" is to be adopted with increased emphasis on awarenesscreation and demand generation for sanitary facilities in houses, schools and for cleanerenvironment. Alternate delivery mechanisms would be adopted to meet the communityneeds. Subsidy for individual household latrine units has been replaced by incentive to thepoorest of the poor households. Rural School Sanitation is a major component and an entrypoint for wider acceptance of sanitation by the rural people. Technology improvisations tomeet the customer preferences and location specific intensive IEC Campaign involvingPanchayati Raj Institutions, Co-operatives, Women Groups, Self Help Groups, NGOsetc. are also important components of the Strategy. The strategy addresses all sectionsof rural population to bring about the relevant behavioral changes for improvedsanitation and hygiene practices and meet their sanitary hardware requirements in anaffordable and accessible manner by offering a wide range of technological choices.Process Flow Diagram:Implementation process of Total Sanitation Campaign(TSC)DWSCStartBLS Preparedby DWSCPIP filled upBy DWSCBLS FormGovt. of AssamSend toGovt. of AssamGovt. ofIndiaTo Govt. ofIndiaRef.: AEDC/AOP/EOI/2009/10 Copyright : AEDC Ltd. 53
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