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KOHIMA, NOV 18 (NPN): Water and Sanitation Support Organization (WSSO) Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) Nagaland Kohima, observed “World Toilet Day” under the theme “wastewater” on Saturday at Kohima College auditorium.
Delivering a keynote address, director, WSSO PHED, Er Yhusinlo Tep, said “World Toilet Day” was observed to raise awareness and inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis.
Based on 2017 theme “wastewater”, Er. Tep said by 2030 the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) aims to reach everyone with sanitation and have the proportion of untreated wastewater and increase recycling and safe reuse.
To achieve the goal, he said everyone’s waste needs to be contained, transported, treated and disposed of in a safe and sustainable way.
Despite access to proper sanitation being declared a basic human right, he said even today sanitation systems are either non-existent or ineffective for billions of people around the world. Er. Tep added that one in three people across the globe do not have regular access to a toilet.
He said access to adequate sanitation facilities was not only fundamental for human dignity and privacy, but also for protecting the quality of drinking water sources with significant benefits for human health and economic development, as well as for the protection of water-related ecosystems.
Therefore, Er Tep said sustainable sanitation services should be a part of a holistic approach to Integrated Water Resource Management.
He informed that globally 80% of wastewater flows to the ecosystem without being treated or reused. Er. Tep said there was an urgent need for a paradigm shift towards affordable technological alternatives for wastewater treatment which should be tailored to local and specific contexts.
To mark the occasion, different competitions were organised under “Swachh Sankalp se Swachh Siddhi”: Dreamz Unlimited (Dimapur) (3rd national level) was declared the winner of short film competition on the topic “my contribution towards making India clean” while second prize was bagged by Lipok and Puti (Mokokchung) and third prize by Zero balance ( Mokochung).
In state level essay competition on the topic “what can I do for a clean India?” the first prize was bagged by Allen M. Longkumer (Mokokchung), second prize by Nonlih W Konyak (Mon) and third the prize by Mharhoni (Wokha).
In essay competition (below 18 years), the first prize was bagged by Vipuka H. Chishi (Zunheboto), second prize by Ellen (Peren) (1st national level) and third prize by Tikhetoli Achumi (Kohima urban). The prizes and certificates to the winners were given away during the programme.
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