Sustainable Urban Sanitation and Septage Management: A Study of Small Towns in Uttar Pradesh

Abstract When sanitation is first conceived, its scope restricted to the removal of human waste using methods such as cesspools, open ditches, pit latrines, bucket systems, and like. Today, it refers a more comprehensive concept that encompasses elimination solid liquid waste, hygiene food, well personal, domestic, environmental cleanliness. Sanitation one fundamental factors determines both quality life indicator growth. Infections can be avoided altogether by adhering proper practices, which stop contamination water soil. As result, broadened encompass not only personal but also cleanliness home, provision clean water, products (including feces urine), disposal water. The government India has implemented Swachchatam Sarvekshan programme begun developing protocols like ODF, ODF+, ODF++ in order guarantee long‐term viability inclusive infrastructure efficient application these facilities. In light this, purpose current article investigate state urban management septage few select small towns Indian Uttar Pradesh. information used paper been collected through filed survey.