Sustaining the sanitation revolution: India country paper
- Date:
- Nov 2008
- Source:
- Department of Drinking Water Supply
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As India becomes more populous – India’s population will exceed 1.8 billion by 2015 – its growth poses significant challenges to the provision of environmental services such as water, sanitation, solid waste management and drainage. However, in both rural and urban spheres, promising initiatives are underway to tackle the sanitation challenge. This Country Paper is divided into two parts – rural and urban sanitation. Rural Sanitation traces the evolution of the rural sanitation sector. Urban Sanitation begins with a look at existing coverage in Indian cities, noting that while a third of India’s urban population does not have access to adequate sanitation, the situation is even more grim with respect to the urban poor.
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