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RAJASTHAN’S URBAN FSTPs

SERVE NEIGHBOURING GPs

n a unique convergence of Urban Local The State had been frantically searching for
Bodies (ULBs) and GPs, the FSTPs in urban an FSM solution that was sustainable and
Iareas of Rajasthan that are not functioning would protect the environment and human
to their full capacity will henceforth serve
health, and also boost the economy.
the GPs that do not have an FSM plant within
a 15 km radius. The move that will provide DDWS Advisory: FSM is a major component
co-treatment of faecal sludge from single under SBM-G Phase-II. On 14 September
th
pit and septic tank toilets will undoubtedly 2021, DDWS, Ministry of Jal Shakti,
help these villages to transform into ODF Government of India, issued a joint advisory
Plus villages.
that stated, “If any urban FSM facility (STP/
Background: Although all households FSTP) is not working to its full capacity and
in rural Rajasthan were provided toilets there is no FSM facility in the rural areas
and access to sanitation facilities, there falling within 15 km radius of that existing
were no adequate arrangements for the urban FSM facility, then in those rural areas
management of faecal sludge generated
rather than constructing a new FSM facility,
in single pit and septic tank toilets. In the
the existing urban facility may be used for
absence of such arrangements, truck
co-treatment of faecal sludge through the
operators would dump faecal matter into
convergence of ULB and GP.”
drains, water bodies or open areas, causing
a high level of environmental pollution and
posing serious health risks.

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