According to sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA); Sustainable sanitation is a sanitation system designed to meet certain criteria and to work well over the long-term. Sustainable sanitation systems consider the entire "sanitation value chain", from the experience of the user, excreta and wastewater collection methods, transportation or conveyance of waste, treatment, and reuse or disposal.
To consider a sanitation system as Sustainable if they meet the 5 criteria’s mentioned as per sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) are:
This chart explains the annual number of deaths by risk factors in India. “Poor sanitation, unsafe water sources, and no access to hand washing facilities” are among the top factors in the country; the list being topped by high blood pressure, air pollution, high blood sugar and smoking.
In, India diseases from untreated water and unhygienic defecation impact society not only through triggering the public health crisis, but also impacting females and children. Limited drainage systems and a lack of water preservation systems are two issues that could prevent India from fully integrating sanitation into rural areas. Fortunately, the government’s campaigns keep sanitation on the top of priorities for better India. The imperfections cannot overshadow the progress that India has made in promoting its sanitation.
India has made rapid progress in ending open defecation across the Country. The number of people defecating in open in India has reduced significantly by an estimated 450 million people and Looking at the facts and figures the Sustainable sanitation has covered in most of the areas in a short period of time with the support of ICE (Information, Communication and Education) which lead to decrease in impact of poor sanitation on health. The success of any government policy lies in its functional purpose, which is implementation.
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