Abstract
It seems that the coverage of sanitation is slow and far from satisfactory in rural Karnataka. In this
context, the present paper tries to analyze the current status of sanitation, utilization of sanitation facilities
and tries to find the constraints in having sanitation facilities in rural areas of Karnataka. Apart from
sanitation status at the household level, it also tries to present personal aspects of hygiene based on a
comprehensive survey of 800 households spread across four administrative divisions in the state. The results
show that apart from access to sanitation, utilization, personal aspects of hygiene and knowledge about
sanitation varied across the regions in rural Karnataka. The major problems reported in having sanitation
facilities were; lack of money and scarcity of land. But both these arguments have not been validated by the
study. It is felt that improving the knowledge about sanitation and timely disbursement of subsidies after would
help in speedy coverage of sanitation facilities in rural areas of Karnataka
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Arunkumar R Kulkarni
Assistant Professor, Centre for Multi-disciplinary Development Research (CMDR), Dharwad, Karnataka
Received: 16-11-2015, Accepted: 22-12-2015, Published Online: 02-01-2016