Fact Sheet
Drinking Water & Sanitation Statistics
- The UN suggests that each person needs 20-50 litres of safe freshwater a day to ensure their basic needs for drinking, cooking and cleaning. Source: World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)
Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP) 2010-11
For the year 2010-11 ,over 2808 Gram Panchayats from 21 States have been selected Nirmal Gram Puraskar along with one Block Panchayat from Tamilnadu.
MDG Sanitation Targets and Where Are We...
The world is still on track for reaching the MDG drinking water target, but the trend appears to be deteriorating. On current trends, the world will miss the sanitation target by more than half a billion people. See below (Source: WHO & UNICEF)
Sanitation: A Statistical Overview
A recent study by the Water and Sanitation Program of the World Bank estimates that inadequate sanitation costs India the equivalent of 6.4% of its GDP. As of February 2011, 31% of rural households in India do not have toilets. A 2008 Unicef study points out that a mere 21% of rural India uses improved sanitation facilities. But sanitation is no one’s priority.
