Odisha Rural Sanitation Policy UNICEF (2020)
The Odisha Rural Sanitation Policy 2020 provides a framework aligned to the 5T guiding principles (Teamwork, Technology, Transparency, Time leading to Transformation), with an overarching vision of achieving Swachha Odisha, Sustha Odisha. Accordingly, it sets out a course of action towards (i) sustaining toilet access, usage and hygiene practices, and (ii) safe management of solid and liquid wastes. Central to this approach is ‘people’s participation’ for creating, managing and maintaining sanitation related assets and services.
Guided by the 73rdConstitutional Amendment and the Odisha Gram Panchayat Act, 1964, Gram Panchayats (GPs) are the designated lead agencies for implementation of the Odisha Rural Sanitation Policy 2020. GPs, in partnership with the local communities, shall strive to achieve the desired outcomes within an equitable and inclusive framework, founded on the principle of decentralized governance. The Policy envisions sanitation
secure villages, created through locally managed and owned interventions that shall provide an improved quality of life to its residents and drive development.
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UNICEF (2020). Odisha Rural Sanitation Policy UNICEF
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