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| CAG questions unwarranted delay in 'total Sanitation Campaign' | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 26: The total 'sanitation campaign' launched in State with great fanfare and hopes in the year 2003-04 with an objective to improve the general quality of life in the rural areas and to eliminate open defecation to minimise risk of contamination of drinking water sources and food has not yielded fruitful results, indicated the recent report of the CAG. Pin pointing the delay in said project, the CAG report said very little had been done to provide sanitation facilities to the rural population and the targets set under the campaign could not be achieved due to inconsistent flow of funds during the years 2006-07,2008-09, 2009-10.
The CAG also stated in its recent report that the dismal position of sanitation coverage in the rural areas of the district had led to prevalence of water and sanitation related diseases. According to the recent report an estimated outlay of Rs 23.75 Crore was to be shared by the Government of India and the state Government in the ratio of 15.51 Crore, Rs 5.27 Crore by the state government and Rs 2.97 Croe by beneficiaries.
Scrutiny of records in Audit revealed that against the sanctioned amount the GOI had released only Rs 5.42 Crore between 2004-05,2007-08, 2010-11, the state government released Rs 2.25 Crore and the beneficiary share released was only Rs 0.40 Crore. Inconsistent flow of funds hampered timely completion of the project. Under the campaign a target was set to construct 50950 house hold latrines for BPL but only 8191 were constructed leaving a shortfall of 42759 latrines.For schools 2607 latrines were to be constructed and 2056 were constructed leaving a shortfall of 551 latrines. The status of latrines in Anganwadi centres was also dismal as it reported a shortfall of 33 percent and the sanitary complex recorded a shortfall of 88 percent during the same period.
The dismal position of sanitation coverage in the rural areas of the district had led to prevalence of water and sanitation related diseases.
"In year 2007 40832 cases of diarrhoea, 1127 cases of Typhoid,469 cases of Viral hepatitis were reported. In 2008 38524 cases of these diseases were reported while the number increased to 39765 in 2009 and 43277 in 2010, the CAG reported. |
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