Bamboo Toilet Technology Bags National Award
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Technology
Arunachal Pradesh's ‘Bamboo Toilet Technology in Difficult Terrain’ conceived by a PHE Junior Engineer topped the list of innovators in a national level open competition and bagged the Swachh Bharat Hackathon Award.
The innovative sanitation project, which was conceived by Yupia PHE Division JE, Ram Prakash Tiwari was nominated by the state government and was one of the 3,053 entries from across the country for the Swachhathon 1.0 competitive event.
The Award consists of Rs 3 lakh, a plaque and a certificate, which was presented by the Ministers of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation, SS Ahluwalia and Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi in presence of the Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Parameswaran Iyer in the Swachhath on 1.0, the first ever Swachh Bharat Hackathon, organized by the Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation at New Delhi on September 8.
The technology was all about using locally available materials, mostly matured bamboos covered with plastics for use in the twin pit latrines as a suitable alternative to bricks.
The bamboo technology is to be adopted in the state for achieving Open Defecation Free by December 2017.
Source: The Arunachal Times
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