January 08, 2002
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Rs.185.84 LAKH RELEASED TO TAMIL NADU FOR RURAL SANITATION
The Ministry of Rural Development has released an amount of Rs.154.10 lakh towards second instalment representing 30% of the Government of India share of Rs.513.67 lakh to Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu under the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) of the Restructured Central Rural Sanitation Programme. With this an amount of Rs.308.20 lakh have been released to the district till now.
The Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) approach emphasizes on the awareness building component and meets the demand through delivery mechanism. School sanitation has been introduced as a major component and as an entry point encouraging wider acceptance of sanitation among rural masses.
The Ministry has also released Rs.31.74 lakh as second instalment under the allocation based programme of Restructured Central Rural Sanitation Programme to the State of Tamil Nadu during the year 2001-2002. With this release an amount of Rs.69.99 lakh stands released against the total allocation of Rs.76.49 lakh to the State.
The Restructured Central Rural Sanitation Programme moves away from the principle of State-wise allocations primarily based on poverty criteria to a "demand-driven" approach. States are required to formulate Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) projects in identified pilot districts. The Programme is implemented as community led and people oriented.