Odisha

This compendium by the Water and Sanitation Programme and the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India contains case studies of best practices in achieving total sanitation at the Gram Panchayat, block and district levels. These case studies are about the achievements and experiences of different situations, institutional models, community mobilisation approaches, supply chain management techniques, capacity building methods, convergence of various programmes, school sanitation, innovative approaches etc from different states and regions in the country.

After a decade of launching the Total Sanitation Campaign, India has seen significant successes in terms of the sanitation coverage, creating open defecation communities/GPs and solid and liquid waste management. Thousands of success stories have emerged across the country while still there are many challenges in making the entire rural India Nirmal and sustaining the changes achieved.Read More