Experts from the United Nations and Asian Development Bank have asked developing nations to adopt the low cost Sulabh toilet to streamline their sanitation system.
"The Sulabh technology is one of the solutions to the sanitation crisis and this low cost Indian method should be utilised in developing countries," senior ADB official A Thapan said at a follow-up conference of the International Year of Sanitation being hosted in Tokyo by the UN and the Japanese government.
Thomas Steltzer, Assistant Secretary-General, UN, also advocated the Sulabh model for streamlining sanitation systems in developing and third world countries. Appreciating the work done by Sulabh in the field of sanitation, Chizuru Aoki of UN Environment Programme laid stress on the need for such kind of innovative toilet technology.
Sulabh Social Service Organisation developed a new technology for production and utilisation of biogas from human wastes for different purposes. Its founder, Bindeshwar Pathak, is participating in the conference which is seeking to explore how sustainable sanitation services can be delivered to every citizen in the world.
Another ADB representative Amy Siu Ping Leung hailed the role of Pathak in promoting toilets in slums, schools and small villages and emancipating scores of manual scavengers and named him the 'Champion of Sanitation'.
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