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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | In non-metro cities, 60% houses empty waste into open drains -Dipak K Dash

In non-metro cities, 60% houses empty waste into open drains -Dipak K Dash

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published Published on Oct 12, 2015   modified Modified on Oct 12, 2015
-The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Over 60% of houses in mid-size cities such as Moradabad, Gorakhpur, Kolhapur, Bilaspur and Kharagpur with less than one million population discharge waste water to the open drains, indicating how the government has a mammoth task in achieving complete sanitation even in urban areas.

Nearly one-fourth of 416 such non-metropolitan cities have less than 20% households that have waste water outlets connected to the closed drainage system. According to a report on the status of demographic, economic, social, housing and basic infrastructure prepared by National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), a research organization of urban development ministry, more than half of the households in 327 such cities discharge waste water to the open drains.

The report was released last week and has been prepared based on the Census 2011 data.

There are only eight cities which have more than 80% houses that discharge waste water to the closed drainage system and Mysuru leads the list with over 94% coverage. "The percentage of households with waste water outlets connected to closed drainage system is abysmally low," the report said.

According to urban development ministry sources, some of the states that have sent their plans seeking approval under the urban rejuvenation scheme have focused more on improving the drainage system and augmenting the sewerage network. "These are necessary ingredients of cities for their sustainable development. Many of our towns and cities have open drains and there are several cesspools within the municipal limits," said an official.

In fact, Rajasthan has proposed to spend over 50% of its Rs 1,087 crore plan under AMRUT scheme to improve sewerage network and treatment of liquid waste as 10 of the 28 identified cities and towns under the scheme have no or little sewerage network.

Similarly, Andhra Pradesh targets to utilize nearly Rs 11,000 crore out of its total estimate of Rs 28,760 crore in providing sewage networks in 31 mission cities in the next five years.

"We expect similar trend when more such proposals from other states are analyzed since there is huge gap in generation and management of sewage coming from homes across cities and towns," said the ministry official.

The Times of India, 12 October, 2015, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/In-non-metro-cities-60-houses-empty-waste-into-open-drains/articleshow/49316473.cms


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