Greetings to all,
The role of water in our daily life (within households, schools, workplaces and health care facilities) is often overlooked, but the value of water for WASH (water and sanitation services) is priceless (UNESCO). Safe water, toilets and good hygiene keep people alive and healthy.
Worldwide, 2.2 billion people still lack access to safe drinking water.
More than half of the global population does not have access to safe sanitation.
Three billion people do not have access to handwashing facilities with soap. (UNICEF)
Worldwide, infectious diseases such as water borne diseases are the number one killer of children under 5 years old and more people die
from unsafe water annually than from all forms of violence, including war (WHO 2002).
As
per Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) report, about half of India’s groundwater is contaminated, as many as 276 districts have high levels of fluoride, 387 districts report nitrates
above the safe levels and 86 districts have high levels of arsenic (CGWB 2007)
So, it becomes more significant that public places like academies, libraries and malls understand their responsibilities and frame certain rules for the wellness of public health. This study basically designed to know the conditions of drinking water, sanitation and hygiene facilities of the university libraries. University libraries one of the public place in the university where library users (University Students, University Teaching and Non-Teaching staff and Library Staff) spend their most of time. Sometime, these things also impacted their health life and work. So, please help us to understand the situation by giving your kind contribution in this survey.
Thank You
