Vol. 1, Issue 10, Part C (2015)

Abstract
Environmental sanitation ultimately breaks the cycle of disease. . India is still lagging far behind many countries in the field of environmental sanitation. Census 2011 had revealed that only 32.7 percent of rural population has access to toilets. Absence of sanitation makes females vulnerable and exposes them to the risk of faecal-orally transmitted diseases, uro-genital tract infections, urinary incontinence and chronic constipation. Inadequate sanitation access leads to psychosocial stress, harassment and sexual violence, and increased work from water fetching, care-giving burdens and carrying out post defecation needs of old and ailing family members. Modi Government’s India’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan–Grameen is an ambitious plan to end rural open defecation in the country. Indian Government has to face many challenges in maintaining high standards of sanitation and hygiene mainly in drinking water, cleanliness and pure air.