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How to tackle insanitary latrines?

How to tackle insanitary latrines?
Start Date :
Jan 01, 2015
Last Date :
Jul 17, 2015
04:15 AM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)
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Existence of insanitary latrines is the root cause of manual scavenging. As per the ‘Houselisting and Housing Census Data, 2011’, there were about 26 lakh insanitary ...

Existence of insanitary latrines is the root cause of manual scavenging. As per the ‘Houselisting and Housing Census Data, 2011’, there were about 26 lakh insanitary latrines in the country in 2011. All existing insanitary latrines need to be identified and either demolished or converted into sanitary latrines under the provisions of the MS Act.

What innovations can be used to convert insanitary latrines into sanitary latrines in shortest possible time?

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Balakrishna Bhat
Balakrishna Bhat 11 years 11 months ago
All latrines should be owned by someone or other.Like petrol bunks , shopkeeper, NGO, lions club philonthropher,etc . they may get some tax other relief ,or free land .
Prasanta Choudhury
Prasanta Choudhury 11 years 11 months ago
I feel for a country like India where we take for granted that public properties are meant to be destroyed. So I think we need a senitary system where wherein all the public toilets need to be interconnected through underground drain which again is connected to a underground storage tank to be processed further by waste management process. Now these drains can be used as urinal as well as toilet like you would encounter those toilets found across hotels in Tibet for mansarovar yantra.
ARAVAMUDHAN PC
ARAVAMUDHAN PC 11 years 11 months ago
Indians average about 5 1/2 feet. Seat height is vital. Western-type commode is ideal but people need training. My idea is, the seat be like a drawer pulled out of chest- say, out-of-wall of a moving train. In trains, latrines are 3 feet x 3 feet in size; space poses problem. So,people soil all-around. If seat can be made moveable/ if water directed to flow like fountain to clean behind/ if seat be cleaned when pushed back into wall by another water jet-the insanitary spillage can be made 'nil'.
Pradip Namjoshi
Pradip Namjoshi 11 years 11 months ago
Here is site they have developed a toiled and named it Crapper,This toilet avoid the use of water avoid the mannual movement of feces. and convert the night soil in to compost http://www.toiletsforpeople.org/the-crapper/
Prakash Mishra
Prakash Mishra 11 years 11 months ago
Commode type of seats are more hygienic as well as need minimum effort to keep it clean. Society to be educated with the convenient use of such seats with top fitting.
Prakash Mishra
Prakash Mishra 11 years 11 months ago
Sir How can I share a very precious idea with our hon'bl prime minister or coal minister to develop our energy sector as well as coal sector? Being an employee of coal india, I think that my views will solve the shortage of coal to thermal powered units, helping to grow up my nation by producing more energy with help of my company.
J Lavankar
J Lavankar 11 years 11 months ago
The lack of hygiene is down to two things: 1. social apathy and 2. genuine shortage of water I came across eco-toilet that are in use in water scarce Haiti. This could be successful in draught-prone areas in India in general. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-29217235
Pradip Namjoshi
Pradip Namjoshi 11 years 11 months ago
. India will have to find its own answer to the problum of sanitation. We do not have resource natural resources and fund to copy the western way of sanitation Urine diversion refers to the separation of human urine from feces at the point source, i.e. at the toilet fixture or outhouse. Separation of urine from feces allows human waste to be treated separately and used as a potential resource. Applications are typically found where connection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urine_diversion