The access to improved sanitation facilities has not been quite impressive during the last decade as per the mid term statistical review of the India MDG report. India, one of the most densely populated countries in the world, has the lowest sanitation coverage. Only 1/10 of its total population is 1991‐ of the magnitude of about 60 million did not have any kind of sanitation facility. The recent statistics shows that only about 2% households have gained sanitation facilities during 2006‐07. Given the target for reducing the proportion of the household having no access to improved sanitation to 38% by 2015, the proportion of households without any toilet facility declined from about 70% in 1992‐93 to about 51% in 2007‐08. Read More