However, the ground reality in the city is.....
* Over 5-7 percent urban dwellers and 12 to 15 percent people living in slum dwellers defecate in the open.
* Over 6-9 percent urban and 19-22 percent population do not have access to individual toilets.
* Around 55 percent of the total sewage is not treated.
* Waste from septic tanks is disposed off without any treatment, along with solid waste.
* There is no provision for reuse of treated water.
* Around 50 percent of households throw solid waste in the open areas.
* Majority of small hospitals and clinics mix the biomedical waste with the household solid waste.
* Solid waste is transported in open vehicles.
* Waste water is not able to pass through open drains which are generally choked with solid waste.
This is a broad picture of the city as far as sanitation is concerned. Yet we aspire to become one of the best livable cities of India giving universal access to sanitation facilities to all, with a special mention of under privileged.
Nonetheless, an effort has been initiated jointly by the government agencies, non-government agencies, private partners and a group of common citizens to improve the present scenario and convert the city into a "Clean Lucknow - Green Lucknow''.
Lucknow is the capital of north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The fast growing city boasts of a few reputed educational and science research institutions of India. It has got India's one of the best management institute. The rich cultural heritage of Lucknow reflects in its Mughal and Colonial monuments.
However, the city urgently requires the infrastructure for basic civic amenities to bring it at par with all the metropolitan cities of the country.
The government has appointed a private company CRISIL Infrastructure Advisory to prepare a sanitation plan for the city. Before preparing the plan the company conducted a study to know the present status and found that interventions are required in building up infrastructure, governance and institutional coordination besides financial and social interventions.
The company with the help of international non government agencies like Oxfam and WaterAid is now holding consultations with voluntary organisations which are working on the issue with the communities at the grass root level and also with citizens who are interested in development of the city.
All the stakeholders have now started working together with a sole objective to make Lucknow 100 percent open defecation free besides ensuring 100 percent collection and scientific disposal of solid and liquid waste by 2020.
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