Observing World Toilet Day in West Bengal, India

MISSION

NIRMAL

BANGLA

19 NOVEMBER 2014

WORLD TOILET DAY

1077 declared ‘Nirmal’ Gram Panchayats still has 14 lakh IHHL to cover

Total 67 lakh uncovered houses as per the BLS

Around 8 lakh covered after the BLS, leaving 59 lakhs to cover

The issue of defunct toilets

Inadequate Community Complexes

Inadequate coverage of AWCs

ODF villages in reality are nearly non-existent

The focus on construction has taken away the focus on ODF

SBCC principles and processes are scarcely followed

Scale of the challenge

Present status of IHHL Coverage

in the districts: an analysis

The next few slides give an analysis of the present state of coverage of households in terms of access to IHHL

Figures are available in the IMIS. The districts can go further down to the block and Gram Panchayat level

Even individual households are listed with the status of toilets

The GP/ Blocks can also ascertain toilet use status of the households to monitor ODF

Once the status is ascertained, Social & Behaviour Change Communication strategy may be designed

Low performing districts

DISTRICT

TOTAL

HOUSEHOLDS

TOILET

WITHIN HH % COVERED

PURULIA 545540 166337 30.5

BIRBHUM 717202 231206 32.2

BANKURA 709431 234495 33.1UTTAR

DINAJPUR 650079 252096 38.8

MALDA 773929 304064 39.3

GTA 144494 61028 42.2DAKSHIN

DINAJPUR 328610 144239 43.9

MURSHIDABAD 1320762 599544 45.4

30%

70%

PURULIA

TOILETWITHIN HH

NO ACCESSTO TOILET

32%

68%

BIRBHUM

TOILETWITHIN HH

NO ACCESSTO TOILET

33%

67%

BANKURA

TOILETWITHIN HH

NO ACCESSTO TOILET

39%

61%

UTTAR DINAJPUR

TOILETWITHIN HH

NO ACCESSTO TOILET

39%

61%

MALDA

TOILETWITHIN HH

NO ACCESSTO TOILET

42%

58%

GTA

TOILETWITHIN HH

NO ACCESSTO TOILET

44%

56%

DAKSHIN DINAJPUR

TOILETWITHIN HH

NO ACCESSTO TOILET

45%

55%

MURSHIDABAD

TOILETWITHIN HH

NO ACCESSTO TOILET

Middle level performing districts

DISTRICT

TOTAL

HOUSEHOLDS

TOILET

WITHIN HH % COVERED

SILIGURI MP 145199 73435 50.6

WEST

MIDNAPORE 1146622 586100 51.1

JALPAIGURI 699632 367046 52.5

COOCHBEHAR 672199 360111 53.6

SOUTH 24

PARGANAS 1565727 1002789 64.0

HOWRAH 653609 447930 68.5

51%49%

SILIGURI MP

TOILETWITHIN HH

NO ACCESSTO TOILET

51%49%

WEST MIDNAPORE

TOILETWITHIN HH

NOACCESSTO TOILET

52%48%

JALPAIGURI

TOILETWITHIN HH

NO ACCESSTO TOILET

54%

46%

COOCHBEHAR

TOILETWITHIN HH

NO ACCESSTO TOILET

64%

36%

SOUTH 24 PARGANAS

TOILETWITHIN HH

NO ACCESSTO TOILET

69%

31%

HOWRAH

TOILETWITHIN HH

NO ACCESSTO TOILET

High performing districts

DISTRICT

TOTAL

HOUSEHOLDS

TOILET

WITHIN HH % COVERED

BARDHAMAN 1194681 845207 70.7

HOOGHLY 933251 699093 74.9

EAST

MIDNAPORE 968797 753721 77.8

NADIA 1010523 790223 78.2

NORTH 24

PARGANAS 987526 811607 82.2

STATE (RURAL) 15167813 8730271 57.6

71%

29%

BARDHAMAN

TOILETWITHIN HH

NO ACCESSTO TOILET

75%

25%

HOOGHLY

TOILETWITHIN HH

NO ACCESSTO TOILET

78%

22%

EAST MIDNAPORE

TOILETWITHIN HH

NOACCESSTO TOILET

78%

22%

NADIA

TOILETWITHIN HH

82%

18%

NORTH 24 PARGANAS

TOILETWITHIN HH

NO ACCESSTO TOILET

58%

42%

STATE (RURAL)

TOILETWITHIN HH

NO ACCESSTO TOILET

What we need to do?Not just constructing toilets, but ensuring its use,

sustainable, by all members of the households

Ensuring no one goes into the open to defecate

Promoting, monitoring and sustaining use of the

toilets by the community

Community triggering

Community monitoring of demand, construction,

use and ODF

THE RESOLVE

Oath for Elimination of Open

defecation in West Bengal on

19th November 2013

Our Quest for Alternative Approaches and

Innovative Technologies for Rural Sanitation

A Seminar-cum- Exhibition on 26 September 2014

A Photo Essay on the event on 26 September 2014

THE STRATEGYAchieving real ODF status in 1077 declared Gram Panchayats

by March 2016

Focused intervention in 274 Ganga adjoining GPs (including

54 already declared ‘Nirmal Grams’) and achieve ‘ODF’ there

by March 2015

Focused intervention in another 750 identified GPs to achieve

ODF

Continued activities in rest of the GPs

NGO association

SHG association

Extensively using ‘Meena’ communication tools

THE ACTIVITIESOrientation of field functionaries

Series of reviews including review through Video

Conference using SIT/ ROT network

SANQUEST

Developing NGO forum

Strengthening of the delivery mechanism

Development of the IEC/ BCC Strategy (SHACS)

Identification of Meena as the Mascot for communication

on Sanitation

Development of AV and other IEC materials

THE ACTIVITIESCapacity building on SHACS operationalization

Appeal to all the elected Panchayat members

Successful pilot intervention in Nadia district

Convergence between NBA/ MGNREGA and NRLM

Motivational film on Nirmal Ganga Action Plan (Angikar)

Triggering exercise initiated in the field

An appeal

Identify areas of concentration

Identify the outliers, both in terms of lack of facilities and lapses in use

Do comprehensive triggering exercise in the identified villages

Ensure community ownership/ community leadership/ community monitoring of the entire process

Sustainability is only possible when the community owns the process and gets actively involved in every stage

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