Authors :
Meenu Rani; Dr. Kh. Moirangleima
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 4 - April
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6480789
Abstract :
Access to proper sanitation facilities has been
a major challenge in India especially in rural areas
where lack of proper 2011, just 31 percent of rural
households have latrine facility. While in Haryana, only
about 56.1 percent of rural households have latrine
facility within premises. Specifically, Rohtak district
account for about 58.4 percent rural households having
latrine facility within the premises. Wide regional
variations are observed in the availability of sanitation
facilities among the villages of Rohtak District. Village
Manja scores the lowest among all villages where only 6
percent households use latrine within premises rest 94
percent households practice open defecation. While
Sasrauli is the best performing village in the district
where about 98.8 percent households use latrine facilities
within the premises. Using the secondary data from
House listing and Housing Census (2011), all the villages
have put into three categories-High, Medium and Low
availability of sanitation facilities. The present paper
examines the existing status of sanitation facilities at
village level in terms of use of different type of latrine
facilities in rural households of Rohtak district. The
findings of study present a gruesome picture of
sanitation infrastructure as 100 villages come under low
and medium categories. Still, there were 28 villages
where more than 50 percent households practice open
defecation. A comprehensive and integrated approach
involving various stakeholders of the government-gram
panchayats, municipalities, state government and central
government along with community participation can
only make villages of Rohtak district open defecation
free in real terms.
Keywords :
Sanitation, Disparities, Hygiene, Rural Areas, Health.
Access to proper sanitation facilities has been
a major challenge in India especially in rural areas
where lack of proper 2011, just 31 percent of rural
households have latrine facility. While in Haryana, only
about 56.1 percent of rural households have latrine
facility within premises. Specifically, Rohtak district
account for about 58.4 percent rural households having
latrine facility within the premises. Wide regional
variations are observed in the availability of sanitation
facilities among the villages of Rohtak District. Village
Manja scores the lowest among all villages where only 6
percent households use latrine within premises rest 94
percent households practice open defecation. While
Sasrauli is the best performing village in the district
where about 98.8 percent households use latrine facilities
within the premises. Using the secondary data from
House listing and Housing Census (2011), all the villages
have put into three categories-High, Medium and Low
availability of sanitation facilities. The present paper
examines the existing status of sanitation facilities at
village level in terms of use of different type of latrine
facilities in rural households of Rohtak district. The
findings of study present a gruesome picture of
sanitation infrastructure as 100 villages come under low
and medium categories. Still, there were 28 villages
where more than 50 percent households practice open
defecation. A comprehensive and integrated approach
involving various stakeholders of the government-gram
panchayats, municipalities, state government and central
government along with community participation can
only make villages of Rohtak district open defecation
free in real terms.
Keywords :
Sanitation, Disparities, Hygiene, Rural Areas, Health.