Passage:
Safe and sustainable sanitation in slums has immeasurable benefits to women and girls in terms of their health, safety, privacy and dignity. However, women do not feature in most of the schemes and policies on urban sanitation. The fact that even now the manual scavenging exists, only goes to show that not enough has been done to promote pour-flush toilets and discontinue the use of dry latrines. A more sustained and rigorous campaign needs to be launched towards the right to sanitation on a very large scale. This should primarily focus on the abolition of manual scavenging.

With reference to the above passage, consider the following statements :
1. Urban sanitation problems can be fully solved by the abolition of manual scavenging only
2. There is a need to promote greater awareness on safe sanitation practices in urban areas
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Question

Passage:
Safe and sustainable sanitation in slums has immeasurable benefits to women and girls in terms of their health, safety, privacy and dignity. However, women do not feature in most of the schemes and policies on urban sanitation. The fact that even now the manual scavenging exists, only goes to show that not enough has been done to promote pour-flush toilets and discontinue the use of dry latrines. A more sustained and rigorous campaign needs to be launched towards the right to sanitation on a very large scale. This should primarily focus on the abolition of manual scavenging.

With reference to the above passage, consider the following statements :
1. Urban sanitation problems can be fully solved by the abolition of manual scavenging only
2. There is a need to promote greater awareness on safe sanitation practices in urban areas
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Accepted Answer

Correct Option: (b) 2 only Let us evaluate the two statements based on the passage: Statement 1: "Urban sanitation problems can be fully solved by the abolition of manual scavenging only." The passage suggests that a rigorous campaign is needed for the right to sanitation, focusing primarily on manual scavenging and promoting pour-flush toilets. However, asserting that urban sanitation can be "fully solved" by manual scavenging abolition "only" is an extreme oversimplification and is not supported by the text. Thus, Statement 1 is incorrect. Statement 2: "There is a need to promote greater awareness on safe sanitation practices in urban areas." The passage emphasizes the need for a sustained and rigorous campaign towards the right to sanitation on a very large scale, which directly implies the need to raise awareness on safe sanitation practices. Thus, Statement 2 is correct. Therefore, option (b) is the correct answer.

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