CITY SANITATION PLAN - Ministry of Urban Development

CITY SANITATION PLAN BAREILLY
have proven to be successful. To realize the vision and plan of city sanitation the city has to have a look
on the available best models in sanitation across the country and also look for best practices.
The best approach to maintenance is preventative maintenance, carrying out specific maintenance tasks
on a regular basis to ensure that problems are dealt well before they become serious. The normal
approach in our country is reactive maintenance or crisis maintenance, carrying out maintenance in
reaction to problems as and when they occur. The problem with this approach is that it will generally
cost more in the long-run than preventative maintenance. Poor design may make preventative
maintenance almost impossible.
Temporary improvements will not lead to lasting change and may even lead to a long-term deterioration
in conditions. For instance, a covered drain that gets clogged/blocked because of lack of maintenance
will overflow and may create a greater environmental nuisance than the open drain. Improvements
must be sustained over time if they are to have lasting benefits and this implies the need for
management arrangements for operation and maintenance that are workable and acceptable to all the
concerned groups. In this regard the plan of achieving short-term, mid-term and long-term plan would
facilitate much expected sustained development in terms of sanitation. The Nagar Nigam have to play
pivotal role in the entire programme for the simple reason that they are legally entrusted to provide and
maintain the sanitation services.
Sanitation for All and All for Sanitation
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