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Devise sustainable tech to achieve lOOpc sanitation coverage by 2010: Adviser

BSS, Dhaka
Local Government, Cooperatives and Rural Development Adviser M Anwarul Iqbal yesterday underscored the need for devising sustainable technologj’ and aware people about hygienic sanitation for ensuring total sanitation coverage across the country by 2010.
With the coordinated efforts of the government, concerned NGOs and the media, die country has already achieved 88.12 percent sanitation coverage till June last year from 33.21 percent in 2003 despite challenges, he said while inaugurating Sanitation Month October-2008 at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the city.
Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser for Environment and Forest and CHT Affairs Banister Raja Devasish Roy spoke at the function as special guest while LGF.D Secretary Sheikh Khurshid Alam chaired the fuiictiofi. '
Local Government Division Joint Secretary Lokman Hakim Talukdar gave the welcome speech while chief engineer of Department of Public Health and Engineering (DPHR) Mustafizur Rahman made concluding remarks.
Quoting a survey, the adviser said that the sanitation coverage in rural areas has already reached 88.22 percent in June this year.
He said the sanitation coverage in the municipal areas went up to 89.13 percent in 2008 from 53.10 percent in 2003 and in the city corporation areas to 85.03 percent in 2008 from 69.92 percent in 2003.
As many as four districts, 55 municipality, 104 upazilas and 1,325
unions have so far been brought under total sanitation coverage and same number of areas are nearing cent percent coverage.
The LGRD adviser said the government has directed all upazila administrations to spend 20 percent funds of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) for raising the sanitation coverage across the country.
"I strongly believe that if the present trend of sanitation activities continue, hundred percent sanitation would be possible ahead of 2010,’’ he said. Efforts are underway to create a ’special support fund’ apart from giving recognition to the concerned persons or the organisations for their successes in the field ofsanitation, he added.
Anwarul Iqbal said massive awareness creating programmes about the hygienic sanitation have been taken aiming at popularising the government's efforts in this regard.
Raising awareness is very important rather than financing more in a bid to bring each and every families under environmental sanitation coverage by the stipulated period of time, said Raja Devasish.
He, however, pointed out that providing of sanitary equipments in the CHT, haor and char areas is very difficult due to lack of accessibility and also financial condition of the people of those areas. In this regard, he said, capacity of civil society, local leaders, and women will have to increase so that they can help achieve the goal.
Special steps should be taken considering the state of sanitation coverage in the remote areas, said
Devasish and focused on engaging best efforts of all in sanitation endeavours.
Sheikh Khurshid Alam said identical technology should not be applied in all areas as social and physical conditions are not same in all areas.