NEW DELHI, Nov 21 (IPS) – India may be grappling with problems of basic sanitation but, at another level, its top scientists are turning their attention to human pollution in space.
India’s four-decade-old space programme, that successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon on Nov. 4, 2008, is now concerned about polluting space with human and other debris, said top Indian aerodynamics scientist, V. Adimurthy of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
“Sanitation aspects also play a significant role in space,’’ said Adimurthy, “And if not managed, can cause serious difficulties for future generations. ”
Adimurthy was addressing the third conference on sanitation in South Asian nations (SACOSAN), convened here by India, from Nov 18-21, in its capacity as chair for 2006-08.
With the theme, ‘Sanitation for Dignity and Health,’ the conference examined such issues as Sanitation and Sustainability, Sanitation and Development, and Sanitation Beyond Toilets.
Eight nations, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan, have signed on to achieve toilets and safe hygiene for their citizens. SACOSAN’s objectives are to accelerate the progress of sanitation and hygiene in the region enhance peoples’ quality of life in fulfillment of the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals.
According to Lizette Burgers, who heads water and sanitation at the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in New Delhi, only 28 percent of people in India’s rural areas — who make up two-thirds of India’s billion plus people — had access to toilets in 2006.
Of the 2.5 billion people across the globe who do not have access to toilets, 50 percent of them are in the South Asian region and India’s rural population is lagging behind those of its big neighbours, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
But India has a space programme to think of. “Our astronauts too have the same hygiene needs as us on earth,’’ Adimurthy reminded SACOSAN delegates. Humans generate an average of 4.98 kg of waste per person per day.
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