A Systematic Approach to Securing Capital and O&M Funds for Scaling FSM

Kavita Wankhade, Rajiv Raman, Gayathri Ramesh, Navamani Ramasamy, Srinithi Sudhakar, Mahima Vijendra, Anneka Majhi | 2021

Introduction

Recognising the importance of FSM to achieve 100% sanitation, the GoTN issued the Operative Guidelines (OG) for Septage Management in 2014. In implementing the OG, it became evident that establishment of adequate treatment facilities was both a critical and an easily actionable first step to scaling up solutions across the State, leading to the creation of the SIP.