“Doing CLTS in a Countrywide Program Context in India: Public Good v Private Good” written by Nisheeth Kumar and J.P. Shukla published in November 2008 by Knowledge Links, paper examines the adoption and spread of CLTS in India mainly with reference to states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Maharashtra. The purpose of this inquiry has been to identify factors that help or hinder scaling up of CLTS as an approach to do rural sanitation in India. According to the study the engaged CLTS practitioners convinced about the efficacy of the approach in bringing about faster and more sustainable sanitation results on the ground.

The study, commissioned in 2008 by WaterAid India, carries an independent qualitative assessment of Government of India’s Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) launched in 1999. The primary qualitative data generated during field visits to 40 GPs in 20 blocks across 10 districts of 5 states (2 each from a state) in India. Study states included Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Karnataka, and Tripura.

"Community Sanitation Campaign: A Study in Haryana", is an article by Vikas Gupta and Mahi Pal, published in the Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) on 16th August 2008.
This case study focuses on studying the processes and outcomes of the implementation of the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) in Bhiwani district where this approach was practiced for the first time in Haryana. For evaluating the processes and outcomes of the CLTS, out of 26 villages where this approach was adopted six gram panchayats were visited and in addition to that primary data was collected from 119 households from four villages selected randomly for this purpose. The article presents a case study of a successful social acceptance of hygienic sanitation practices has led to enormous benefits for the village community.
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