BADIN
The lack of drinking water and sanitation were observed as major issues of the public across the district of Badin. The inadequate toilet facilities and lack of drinking water facilities were also problems being faced by the people of the district Badin.
These views were expressed by the speakers of the event organized on the eve of the observance of “World Toilet Day” by the Laar Humanitarian and Development Programme (LHDP) in collaboration with Water Aid Pakistan at village Arjun Kolhi near Badin.
The theme of World Toilet Day this year was ‘Sanitation for peace’ and
The purpose of observing day was to tackle the global sanitation crisis and achieve the Sustainable Development Goal which promises sanitation for all by 2030.
The event was participated by a large number of participants including women, men and children, representatives of the different organizations and Government officials.
While addressing the participants, Abdul Ghaffar Khoso, Additional Director, SWD, Mohan Lal, Project Manager, LHDP, Abida Marvi Samoon, Abida Jamali, Dr Sindhu Khuwaja, Samina Hyder, Resham Kolhi, Sawan Khaskheli and others said that in the current era, 3.5 billion people still were living without safely managed sanitation, including 419 million who practising open defecation.
The speakers said that the government should take concrete steps to provide toilet facilities and other WASH facilities to the people of Sindh province.
They expressed that it was the need of the hour to effectively control the environment through implementing strict regulations, after constructing clean toilets at all major places including parks and gardens of the cities of the district.
They said that 2.2 billion people still were living globally without safely managed drinking water, including 115 million people who drink surface water.
2 billion people still lack basic hygiene services, including 653 million with no facility at all, they added saying that unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene are responsible for the deaths of around 1,000 children under 5 every day.
They demanded that the Sindh government take steps to ensure the provision of public latrines everywhere that their cleanliness should also be managed and Government should construct toilets at various public places and parks. Improving access to water, sanitation and hygiene can save 1.4 million lives per year, they added.
