TOTAL SANITATION CAMPAIGN FOR TAMIL
NADU
Ministry of Rural
Development has released Rs. 369.14 lakh to three districts of
Tamil Nadu under the Total Sanitation Campaign of the Central
Rural Sanitation Programme. Out of this amount, Erode District
gets Rs. 210.56 lakh, Ramanathapuram District – Rs. 103.05 lakh
and Karur District gets Rs. 55.53 lakh.
The Total Sanitation
Campaign(TSC) focuses on awareness generation to create demand
for sanitation facilities. Financial support is given for construction
of individual household toilets by the below poverty line (BPL),
school toilets for all government schools in the rural areas with
emphasis on separate toilets for girls in all co-educational schools,
toilets for Anganwadi and Balwadi centres, Community Sanitary
Complexes for women in villages where land availability with individuals
is a problem and people are ready to own, operate and maintain
such complexes.
