SANITATION AND HYGINE COMMITTE 

 SWACHHTA ACTION PLAN 

A college is a mini-community where students come for learning. The students have the right to basic amenities, where as the college must provide essential amenities such as clean and functional toilets, safe drinking water, clean surroundings and necessary information on sanitation and hygiene. Consequently, inculcation of Swachh habits is a responsibility of the educational institutions. Manner inculcation is conceivable through experience and practice. Therefore, College  has constituted Sanitation and Hygiene Committee, SAP under Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Government of India, with the following members: 

 The Sanitation and Hygiene Students Team comprise: 

• 1.Mr. Shriyash Borate – 2^nd Year Student
• 2. Mr. Yashraj Satav – 2^nd Year Student

   3. Mr. Tejas Thite – 2^nd year Student            

  4. Mr. Shivraj Udhan -1^st Year Student             

 5. Rudrapratap Landage – 1^st Year Student 

The basic principles of sanitation and hygiene include accessible infrastructures to suit different types of needs. Specific approaches and sanitation management practices need to be adhered to. The object of the Sanitation and Hygiene Committee are as follows: 

• To create an enabling environment that secures human dignity, safety, health and overall well-being.
• To increase campus awareness about good sanitation practices supported by enabling and reinforcing factors that will lead to desirable campus changes.
• Tocombine sanitation and hygiene education and practical implementation of  these aspects in our college.

 The committee has decided the following sanitation and hygiene initiatives adopted would have long term benefits: 

• Physical Appearance: The committee will work towards visual appearance of campus, cleanliness of admin block, clean pathways, visibility of cleaning staff, and well- maintained lawns and gardens.
• Overall Ambience of Washroom Facilities: To ensure sanitation, the committee will inspect the toilets at the principal office, staffroom, administration block, girls’ common room (GCR) and academic block from time to time to keep it clean, neat and odour-free.
• Gender Balance of Toilets: SLC is a co-ed college, and it has required toilet facilities for boys and girls with water assuming ratio of 60:40 for males and females. The facility to dispose-off sanitary napkins safely is provided in every female toilet. The committee will see that a lady guard/staff will supervise the toilets meant for women and girls during college/ office hours.
• Disabled-Friendly Toilets: Thecollege has separate toilets for differently-abled faculty and students along with ramps and suitable toilets. The committee has decided to put signboards and information on the availability of such toilets.
• Dedicated Staff/Teams for Hygiene Maintenance and Inspection :At LCOP , open urination and other forms of insanitary practices are prohibited in and around the campus.
• The committee will put respective signboards on the availability of sanitation facilities and the prohibition of unsanitary habits in and around the campus .Also,adequate teams of students and faculty will be formed for hygiene maintenance and inspection.
• Canteen and Kitchen Hygiene: The committee would orient the canteen contractor to maintain hygiene standards of chefs, cooks ,servers,washing staff and dining halls.