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SACOSAN-IV to focus on sanitation, hygiene

The national workshop on the Fourth South Asia Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN-IV) is scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka in April.

The North Central Provincial workshop was recently held at Anuradhapura as a precursor to the SACOSAN-IV.

SACOSAN-IV coordinator Ananda Jayaweera told the Daily News that the main objectives of the SAARC workshop would be the usage of proper sanitation systems, the disposal of human waste and personal hygiene.

SAARC member countries Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, the Maldive Islands, Afghanistan will participate at the summit at Ministerial and top executive level.

Jayaweera emphasised that the provincial workshops were being organized to collect important data concerning provincial sanitation and drinking water facilities and for reviewing the present progress being achieved in the sphere divisionally and provincially. Water Supply and Drainage (North Western) Board Deputy General Manager D U Sumanasekera said that in comparison the provision of toilet facilities in our country has risen from 80 percent to 90 percent between 1987 and 2009. Rs 5,000 million will be spent to provide nearly 200,000 toilets to the poor families at provincial level.

Anuradhapura Health Services Director Dr Palitha Bandara stressed that the SACOSAN-IV provide systematic and adequate sanitary and water facilities to the NCP.

"It has been observed that 38 percent and 59 percent of families in the Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa districts respectively lack proper toilet facilities.

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