India’s ‘Sulabh Sauchalaya’ going global
May 23rd, 2010 - 10:42 am ICT by IANSNew York, May 22 (IANS) The low-cost Indian toilet system, popularly known as Sulabh Sauchalaya, will now be taken to 50 developing countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East regions.
The movement’s founder, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, announced his organisation’s plans in a keynote address at the four day at World Environment and Water Resources Congress at Providence in Rhode Island Friday.
Addressing civil engineers and technical experts at the Congress, Pathak appealed to technical experts to join hands with his organization to achieve United Nations’ Millennium Development Goal relating to sanitation and hygiene.
Pathak and his team has developed an indigenous two-pit toilet technology that is not only cost-effective but can also be used in producing biogas. Recycling and reuse of human excreta for biogas generation is an important way to get rid of health hazards.
Sulabh would construct public toilets in developing countries to popularise the Indian toilet system to ensure proper sanitation, he said.
The Indian NGO has already played a key role in construction of public toilets in several countries including Afghanistan, South Africa, China, Bhutan, Nepal, Laos, Ethiopia and 10 other countries of Africa. It has already constructed public toilets in some of these countries.
- US engineers' body lauds low-cost Indian toilet technology - May 18, 2010
- Sulabh to launch sanitation project in Uganda - Jan 16, 2012
- Sulabh to launch toilets with health centres in Delhi - Jan 16, 2012
- India's Sulabh gets top UN consultative status - Nov 03, 2011
- 'Sulabh toilets can help reduce global warming' - May 27, 2010
- Indian toilet model to be used in Afghanistan - Sep 05, 2010
- Sulabh founder to get Renewable Energy Award - Jun 10, 2009
- Sulabh founder gets Renewable Energy Award in US - Jun 12, 2009
- Sulabh founder to address Cambridge University students - Jan 20, 2011
- Only 10 percent Indian villages fully sanitized: Jairam - Mar 19, 2012
- Runaway bride awarded for revolting against lack of loo - Feb 10, 2012
- Indian activist wins Stockholm Water Prize - Mar 25, 2009
- New ministry to improve access to drinking water, sanitation (Lead) - Jul 12, 2011
- UP bride runs away for lack of proper toilet - May 11, 2012
- Be sensitive to women's requirements: Jairam Ramesh - Apr 08, 2012
Tags: africa asia, bindeshwar pathak, civil engineers, countries in africa, countries of africa, health hazards, human excreta, indian ngo, keynote address, latin america, middle east regions, millennium development, pit toilet, proper sanitation, public toilets, sanitation and hygiene, technical experts, toilet system, toilet technology, world environment