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Swachh Bharat Mission and Vulnerable Populations

While independent research is still emerging, available data is used to consider existing sanitation gaps in relation to the Swachh Bharat Mission’s objectives and claims, focusing on populations who are already at greater risk of compounded impacts from COVID-19. [...]research indicates that the pr...

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Published in:Economic and political weekly 2020-12
Main Author: Panchang, Sarita Vijay
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Language:English
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Summary:While independent research is still emerging, available data is used to consider existing sanitation gaps in relation to the Swachh Bharat Mission’s objectives and claims, focusing on populations who are already at greater risk of compounded impacts from COVID-19. [...]research indicates that the practice, while stemming from various cultural beliefs, is also bound up in geographic, seasonal, and gender-oriented influences (Routray et al 2015). [...]the daily stresses of the poor around finding any safe, functional place to defecate have been shown repeatedly (Hirve et al 2015; Kulkarni et al 2017; Right to Sanitation Campaign 2013). Lack of water, fear of animals, and risk of sexual violence result in such difficulties that many simply “control” their impulse to defecate throughout the day. [...]overlapping power dynamics are at play within communities, which are often exacerbated when people are pressured to stop open defecation without being engaged in a workable alternative (Movik and Mehta 2010). [...]there is the complex problem of “dry” latrines in India; referring to insanitary toilets that are completely unsewered and require manual removal by a human.
ISSN:0012-9976