Emergency sanitation practices.

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Hello experts. I am glad to join the community.

I would like to discuss with experts from India that we talk a lot about sanitation and innovations but is there any innovation in Sanitation Facilities in emergencies? Like in flood time how to tackle the sanitation issue? Particularly its a gender sensitive aspect. Please share some emergency sanitation model, which you may be using or have heard of.

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  1. Open defecation is the major problem by which many infectious water born diseases are spreading in many places specially in rural areas and villages where the sanitation is a big issue.One of the main distributors of human excreta by the Indian railways from every corner of the country,as there is no proper collection from the train and disposal to the sewage plant,they spread the human pho on every railway track and in rainy/flood situations all these are thrown to the near by water bodies or largely contaminates the human activities as every one walks on it and causes cross contamination.Indian railway can really help or prevent these highly contagious distribution by creating collection system from the toilets and dispose or connect to the sewage plant from the main railway stations,so that much sanitation can be provided through out the country.I stressed this point in sanitation session at India water week 2015,well prevention is better than cure.Sanitation and disinfection is very important where population density not balanced against human health,and there should be an awareness program through posters in such places other wise SWATCH-BHARAT slogan is of no use.

  2. Vishakha, Peepoo bag is biodegradable plastic bag so it's not effect environment..this bag has been used in kenyan slum's they called is 'flying toiltes'.Please go through below link to find out more details of PeePoo bag http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/16/peepoo-bag-by-peter-thuvander/

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    1. Thats wonderful infor Vavaiya..

  4. Its nice to raise this topic for open discussion. yes we do lot of innovations in sanitation facilities but when any natural disaster comes to city or town all sanitation facility fails there are lot of of option to provide toilet facility in emergencies: 1) if presence of large number of people, open defecation and trench latrins option can be provide for short time duration. the site should be choose such that there is minimum ground water contamination. hand washing and supervision should be organised. all excreta should be covered with soil as soon as possible. 2) for emergency situation, repair the existing toilets is the best option. during flood excreta should be stored in bags or buckets and brought to treatment plant. 3) Peepoo bag or plastic bag is used immediate intervention at the houshold level until proper toilet can be built. 4) provied raised toilets at the community

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  5. Hello My expert testimony The Biological Cleansing is an invention in the field of hygiene. Indeed so so far the man defecates and is not worried any more its excrements, with the concept of Cleansing Biological it eliminates them by transforming them into a liquid fertilizing and enriching for the development by any vegetalized biodiversity. The opposite from what currently does without or all the excrements the whole world are transformed into mud, a not easily assimilable product by nature and the cause of a perennial pollution for the water tables, the drinking water a rare resource