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Abstract
The concept of sanitation today entails much broader meaning that includes liquid and solid waste disposal, hygienic food, environmental hygiene along with personal and domestic hygiene and thus it goes beyond the narrow meaning of the sanitation that only means disposal of the human excreta. Proper sanitation is an important component of the individual health and hygiene. In the developing countries like India, there are various unhygienic practices related to disposal of human excreta, food and environment. High incidence of viral and bacterial diseases and the high incidence of the infant mortality rate in India can be attributed to the poor sanitation in the rural areas.