The document summarizes the results of a state-level survey on public infrastructure in Tamilnadu conducted by the WASH Network of Tamilnadu. The survey covered 10 districts, 489 schools with over 2.5 lakh students, 519 public toilets with 3884 units and 770 bathing rooms across 13 municipalities, 24 town panchayats and 36 village panchayats. It assessed the existing conditions, maintenance levels, and inclusiveness of facilities for different groups. Key findings included issues like non-functional or damaged toilets, lack of water availability and sanitation facilities for women and children.

1. State level survey on Public Infrastructure
WASH Network of Tamilnadu
5/9/2014
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2. State level survey on Public Infrastructure
OWASH network
OFacilitated by Exnora
OSupported by Water Aid
OCoordinated by LEAF Society
O10 Districts – 12 NGOs
O13 Municipalities, 24 TPs and 36 VPs
OSchools – 489; 1623 units; 2, 56, 975 students
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3. State level survey….
O519 public toilets – Physically verified
O1470 men’s unit
O2414 Women’s unit
O770 bathrooms
OSWM- 11 Municipalities; 800 wards
O2.8 lakhs HHs; 12 lakh population
OThree tools used
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5. Objectives
OTo assess the existing conditions, level of maintenance and availability of user friendly facilities & designs
OTo get an overall idea of the public infrastructures at various civic bodies and the level of maintenance
OTo study the nature of inclusiveness for physically challenged, children, women and aged people in various public infrastructures
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7. Process
OWASH Network
O12 NGOs from 10 District
OTool Designed by Exnora & LEAF Society
OTraining on data collection
ODos & don'ts
OData collection during March & April 2013
OConsolidated & reporting
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10. Details of the NGOs & Districts
Details of Districts and NGOs
S.no
Distrcit
NGO
Municipality -1
Town Panchayath – 1
Town Panchayath - 2
Village Panchayath - 1
Village Panchayath - 2
Village Panchayath - 3
1
Tirunelveli
AIRD
Thenkasi, ,
Pangudi
Valliyur
Radapuram
Chitmaparapuram
Samugarengapuram
2
Kanyakumari
AWED
Kuzhithurai
Pacode
Kazhiyakkavilai
Manjalamoodu
Maruthancode
Vilavancode
3
Tiruppur
CEEMA
Dharapuram
Kolathupalayam
Mulanur
Perumalpalayam
Jothiyampatti
Kolzhumanguli
4
Coimbatore
CMSSS
Saravanampatty
Karamadai Town
Mettupalayam
Thekkampatti
chikkadasampalayam
chikkarampalayam
5
ERODE
SNEHA
Sathyamangalam
Ariyappampalayam
Periyakodivery
Ikkaraineganam
Chikkarasampalayam
Konamoolai
6
Namakkal
Leaf society
Namakkal,
Sendamangalam
Rasipuram
Parali
Valayapatti
N.Pudhupatti
Rasipuram
7
Pudukottai
PMSSS
Pudukkottai
Alangudi
Arimalam
Thunjanur
Vichoor
Gandarvakottai
OAZOANE
Aranthangi
Keeramangalam
Karambakkudi
Kulamangalam
Panangulam
Periyalur
8
Thiruvannamalai
VWDS
Arni
Polur
Kalambur
Ilupagunam
Kasthambadi
Palvathuvendran
9
Nilgiris
CTRD Trust
Gudalur
Devershola
Ovelly
Cherangode
Nelakottai
Srimadurai
RDO Trust
Coonoor
KilKundha
Sholur
Ullathi
Kadanad
Mel Kundha
10
Perumbalur
INDO TRUST
Perambalur
Kurumbalur
Labbaikkudikadu
Valikandapuram
Annamangalm
Siruvachur
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12. School Toilets – Categorization of Schools
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
43
24
21
48
136
39
52
29
20
38
1
1
1
2
3
0
6
0
1
1
1
1
0
3
0
3
5
5
3
2
co-education
girls
boys
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14. Types of school surveyed
Type of the school
District
Primary School
Middle School
High School
Higher Secondary School
Total
Coimbatore
21
17
2
5
45
ERODE
15
6
2
3
26
kanyakumari
13
3
3
3
22
Namakkal
31
11
2
9
53
Nilgiris
77
34
17
11
139
Perambalur
19
7
1
15
42
Pudukkottai
31
15
6
11
63
Thiruvannamalai
18
7
3
6
34
Tirunelveli
13
4
1
6
24
Tiruppur
24
11
2
4
41
Total
262
115
39
73
489
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16. 2
0
0
3
7
0
1
0
0
4
43
26
22
50
132
42
62
34
24
37
Availability of Toilets at schools
No
Yes
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18. Number of boys units available in Govt Schools
Total
Not in use
No boys toilet
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
10
Coimbatore
2
2
23
11
3
1
1
0
0
2
45
ERODE
0
3
14
6
1
0
1
1
0
0
26
kanyakumari
0
1
7
10
3
0
0
1
0
0
22
Namakkal
3
1
22
13
3
4
1
2
1
3
53
Nilgiris
7
9
60
34
13
5
2
2
0
7
139
Perambalur
0
0
13
20
4
1
3
1
0
0
42
Pudukkottai
1
13
24
18
2
3
1
0
0
1
63
Thiruvannamalai
0
0
29
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
34
Tirunelveli
0
1
9
7
2
3
0
2
0
0
24
Tiruppur
1
4
23
7
3
2
0
0
0
1
41
14
34
224
131
34
19
9
9
1
14
489
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20. Being used 88%
No proper maintenace 4%
Damaged 5%
0%
Not in use 3%
Conditions of School's Toilets
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22. 2
1
3
1
9
1
0
6
0
1
0
43
25
19
52
130
40
1
57
34
23
41
Availability of water in Schools
Not Available
Available
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24. No
Yes
Not in use
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Axis Title
Coimbatore
ERODE
kanyakuma
ri
Namakkal
Nilgiris
Perambalur
Pudukkottai
Thiruvanna
malai
Tirunelveli
Tiruppur
No
40
24
22
44
113
36
53
34
23
32
Yes
3
2
0
6
19
6
9
0
1
8
Not in use
2
0
0
3
7
0
1
0
0
1
Place to keep the handbags and shawls in toilet
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26. 0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Coimbatore
ERODE
kanyakumari
Namakkal
Nilgiris
Perambalur
Pudukkottai
Thiruvannamalai
Tirunelveli
Tiruppur
Availability of slab in girls toilets to keep sanitary napkin
Not in use
Yes
No
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28. 8%
92%
Training training on hand wash
No
Yes
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29. No
Yes
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Axis Title
Coimbatore
ERODE
kanyakumari
Namakkal
Nilgiris
Perambalur
Pudukkottai
Thiruvannamal
ai
Tirunelveli
Tiruppur
No
9
6
1
10
56
13
18
12
2
7
Yes
34
20
21
40
76
29
44
22
22
33
Availability of frequent water supply in schools
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30. Coimbatore
ERODE
kanyakumari
Namakkal
Nilgiris
Perambalur
Pudukkottai
Thiruvannamal
ai
Tirunelveli
Tiruppur
No
43
26
20
38
116
9
52
23
22
34
Yes
0
0
2
12
16
33
10
11
2
3
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
Children using open space inspite of having a toilet
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31. sweaper 38%
male student 11%
female student 8%
others 40%
Not use 3%
Cleaning & maintanecnce of School Toilets
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32. 9%
86%
5%
Availability of girls rest room in schools
Yes
No
Boys school
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33. 20%
73%
4%
3%
Do the girl children have a private place to remove their sanitary napkins?
Yes
No
Boys school
toilet Not in use
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34. 53%
47%
Enrollment of physically challanged children
No
Yes
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35. 8%
92%
Availability of Toilets for Physically challanged children in schools
Yes
Total
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36. Public Toilets
Districts
Toilet Rooms for Men
Toilet Rooms for Women
Bathroom for Men
Bathroom for women
Coimbatore
140
211
19
38
ERODE
154
251
19
42
Kanyakumari
27
43
6
6
Namakkal
348
542
51
73
Nilgiris
104
304
10
74
Perambalur
87
342
10
63
Pudukkottai
177
197
80
92
Thiruvannamalai
94
126
10
18
Tirunelveli
103
157
25
49
Tiruppur
236
241
39
46
Total
1470
2414
269
501
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38. 71%
8%
20%
0%
1%
0%
0%
Number of Waste Bins available in Public Toilets
No waste bin
one waste bin
Two waste bin
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40. 88%
11%
1%
Toilets for Physically challanged Men
NO toilet
Have one toilet
Have Two toilet rooms
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41. 5/9/2014
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42. 82%
18%
0%
Toilets available for Physically challaged Women
NO toilet
Have one toilet
Have Two toilet rooms
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43. 5/9/2014
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44. 91%
4%
2%
3%
0%
Availability of Male Children's Toilet
NO toilet
Have one toilet
Have Two toilet rooms
Have three toilet rooms
Have four toilet rooms
80%
12%
3%
5%
0%
Provision of Female Children's Toilet
NO toilet
Have one toilet
Have Two toilet
rooms
Have three toilet
rooms
Have four toilet
rooms
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46. Coimbatore
ERODE
Kanyakumari
namakkal
Nilgiris
Perambalur
Pudukkottai
Thiruvannam
alai
Tirunelveli
Tiruppur
Not in Usage
0
4
0
4
7
0
3
3
10
2
usage cost
13
13
4
31
14
5
32
6
17
32
Free usage
34
35
6
55
83
44
15
23
5
19
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Usage Pattern of Public Toilets
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47. 5/9/2014
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48. Water Sources for toilets
Districts
Tube well
Municipality supply
Tanker
Well
No water
Others
Toilets not in use
Total
Coimbatore
32
6
10
0
0
0
0
48
ERODE
32
11
6
1
1
0
4
55
Kanyakumari
6
2
0
3
1
0
0
12
Namakkal
47
22
12
3
3
2
4
93
Nilgiris
1
44
15
8
25
7
7
107
Perambalur
31
13
1
5
0
0
0
50
Pudukkottai
38
3
1
1
6
1
3
53
Thiruvannamalai
13
4
7
2
1
3
3
33
Tirunelveli
20
2
0
2
0
1
10
35
Tiruppur
44
1
0
4
4
1
2
56
264
108
52
29
41
15
33
542
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50. 9%
56%
25%
4%
6%
Quality of the water
Satisfactory
Salty
Brownish colour
Foul smell
Toilet not in use
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52. Bad & not usable 51%
Condition is satisfactory and usable 3%
Blocked 33%
No Pan 7%
Toilets not in use 6%
Condition of Pans
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53. Highlights of the survey
O10 districts
O489 schools; 1623 units ; 2, 56, 975 students
O519 public toilets; 3884 units; 770 bathing rooms
O57 SWM practices; 2 lakhs HH; 12 lakh population
O13 Municipalities
O24 TPs and 36 VPs
OFacilitated by Exnora
OSupported by Water Aid
OManaged by LEAF Society
OEntries -
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54. 17
17
0
18
36
21
5
12
5
14
24
19
5
51
28
43
24
13
11
26
3
1
0
0
5
12
0
3
1
2
3
7
0
8
12
18
10
6
0
6
0
2
4
6
4
4
3
2
5
3
Conditions of Septic Tanks
Satisfactory
Bad & damaged
Others
Over flowing
Toilets not in use
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55. 76%
14%
1%
3%
6%
Distance between the toilet and habitations
(0-500M)
(500m-1km)
(1km-2km)
(Above 2KM)
Not usage
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56. SWM
Population Details
District
Municipality
Town Panchayaths
Village Panchayath
Population
No. of Houses
No. of wards
Population
No. of Houses
No. of wards
Population
No. of Houses
No. of wards
ERODE
37805
12229
27
28055
7636
30
19867
6673
30
Kanyakumari
21314
5416
21
39303
11485
33
16531
4249
24
Namakkal
164083
44511
65
30032
9517
33
9543
5014
30
Nilgiris
111371
16812
56
66421
17712
66
81724
16300
39
Perambalur
49578
12212
21
24011
6369
30
20503
5989
30
Pudukkottai
143748
8733
42
45529
13318
60
10788
3692
21
Thiruvannamalai
42000
4500
35
43461
6107
33
8500
950
10
Tirunelveli
70530
17850
38
44019
16347
33
13462
4805
27
Tiruppur
56163
14569
30
28527
10015
33
5331
1897
21
Total
696592
136832
335
349358
98506
351
186249
49569
232
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58. Waste Collection details in tons
District
Municipality
Town Panchayaths
Village Panchayath
Degradable
Non Degradable
Degradable
Non Degradable
Degradable
Non Degradable
Day
Month
Day
Month
Day
Month
Day
Month
Day
Month
Day
Month
ERODE
1.6
48.0
0.7
14.0
1.5
46.5
9.8
49.0
0.0
1.0
0.4
11.0
Kanyakumari
3.0
90.0
2.0
60.0
1.1
32.3
0.0
0.4
0.7
21.0
3.3
99.1
Namakkal
40.0
1450.0
23.3
940.0
1.9
67.4
0.9
26.6
0.5
13.5
5.0
150.2
Nilgiris
10.0
300.0
2.5
75.0
0.8
25.6
0.9
31.7
4.8
128.5
3.8
99.5
Perambalur
2.2
75.6
0.0
0.0
0.5
16.3
3.0
90.8
0.3
11.0
3.0
54.0
Pudukkottai
5.0
155.0
3.2
96.0
3.8
109.3
1.8
54.0
2.0
72.0
2.0
72.0
Thiruvannamalai
5.0
30.5
3.5
25.0
3.8
112.5
2.0
60.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Tirunelveli
31.0
1131.5
4.0
146.0
Tiruppur
3.0
90.0
27.0
810.0
1.5
45.6
1.5
45.3
4.0
390.0
3.0
90.0
Total in MT
100.8
3370.6
66.2
2166.0
14.8
455.5
19.9
357.8
12.2
637.0
20.4
575.7
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59. 5/9/2014
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60. Segregation of Waste at Source
District
Municipality
Town Panchayath
Village Panchayath
ERODE
1
2
1
Kanyakumari
0
1
0
Namakkal
2
2
0
Nilgiris
2
2
0
Perambalur
0
0
0
Pudukkottai
0
3
0
Thiruvannamalai
0
1
0
Tirunelveli
0
0
0
Tiruppur
0
0
2
Total
5
11
3
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62. 0
5
10
15
20
25
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Municipality
Town Panchayath
Village Panchayath
Series1
6
5
14
9
3
24
Number of local bodies
Seperation of Waste
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64. Recycling unit
District
Municipality
Town Panchayath
Village Panchayath
ERODE
0
0
0
Kanyakumari
0
0
0
Namakkal
0
0
0
Nilgiris
1
0
0
Perambalur
0
0
0
Pudukkottai
0
0
0
Thiruvannamalai
0
0
0
Tirunelveli
0
0
0
Tiruppur
0
0
0
Total
1
0
0
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65. Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Municipality
Town Panchayat
Village Panchayat
8
3
12
10
3
30
10
1
16
6
5
28
11
0
14
8
3
30
Availability of Basic amneties at Waste Management Yard
Electricty
Water
Concrete flooring
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67. 0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
Coimbator
e
ERODE
Kanyakum
ari
Namakkal
Nilgiris
Perambalu
r
Pudukkott
ai
Thiruvanna
malai
Tirunelveli
Tiruppur
Municipality
39
0
104
428
12
840
250
82
137
Town Panchayath
69
137
38
450
75
157
218
39
146
Village panchayath
6
126
86
600
100
16
0
47
21
Number of Groups
Availability of Women SHGs
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68. Recommendations… Schools
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69. Public Toilets
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70. SWM…
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71. OTHANKS….
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