The National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) is a policy document prepared by the Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change. It gives the direction which India needs to take, to mitigate and adapt to climate change. It has been prepared keeping in mind that India's economic need to tap its natural resources needs to be tempered with the need to maintain ecological balance.
The Water and Sanitation Program has analysed secondary data on the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) available on government websites and conducted primary analysis in 22 sample districts spread across 21 states. It is concluded that districts that have been able to implement the sanitation programme successfully have done so because they have religiously followed the protocols laid down in the TSC guidelines.
With the use of secondary and primary data the report has not only been able to give a macro view of the TSC but also has been able to go into the nitty-gritty of the campaign. There are case studies of districts and villages that have achieved open defecation free status.
The CPHEEO manuals (Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation) on Water Supply, Sewage and other aspects of water supply systems are commonly useRead More