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4. Assess the water needs, sources, schemes, solid and liquid SC / ST habitations, poorest of poor in the village and/
waste being generated –so that the need for water supply, or those migrant laborers etc.
and waste management facilities can be ascertained.
e. The Community Toilet Complexes shall have separate
5. Liaise with respective agencies for ensuring adequate water facilities for men and women, and shall consist of an
supply, cleanliness and drinking water and sanitation appropriate number of toilet seats, bathing cubicles,
facilities washing platforms, wash basins, etc. The Community
Toilet Complex should be accessible for divyangjans
6. Identify appropriate schemes, which can support the Gram
(differently-abled).
Panchayat energy programme.
f. Know the Financial assistance for a Community Toilet
7. Identification of what / who are to be addressed under the
Complex as per the funding norms given in SBM (G)
Indicators
programme .
a. Understanding the purpose and desired outcomes:
g. Work out the O&M of the complex and the
Community Toilets / Community Sanitary Complex:
responsibility of the Community users and GP.
The Community Toilet/ Sanitary Complex is a facility
which is built when there is no required space available Programme Actions/Activities
for constructing Individual House Hold Latrine
(IHHL) . It is used, owned and maintained by
community members. It is mostly located within the
community, where people reside. A community toilet
may also have other utilities such as a bathing facility or
a place for washing clothes, depending upon the needs
of the community. The Community Sanitary Complex
help in ensuring social dignity and privacy, and
maintaining the health status of the village.

b. The GP must assess the numbers of persons and For making the village Clean & Green, the Panchayat needs to
households that are not able to construct IHHL due to implement programs / activities related to the clean & green
lack of space targets. Some of the possible activities are explained below:
c. In consultation with the users for whom the Community a) Initiate action for setting up sustainable rural tourism
Toilet Complex is to be constructed, the GP will decide projects within the Gram Panchayat, which creates jobs,
upon a suitable location for construction of Community local culture and local produce
Toilet Complex that is easily accessible to all, having
b) Initiate action to ensure implementation of energy saving
adequate water and electricity availability and where
programmes - like electrification of all households, use of
long-term operation and maintenance (O&M) is
LED lamps and biogas etc.
ensured.
c) To improve rural, environmental, and social development
d. For the construction of Community Toilet Complex,
Panchayat can take action for forest management, forest
priority shall be given to the locations with predominant
protection, and afforestation of deforested lands. Individual
farmers can be encouraged to plant trees on their own

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