Safe and sustainable sanitation in slums has ( ) immeasurable benefits to women and girls in terms of their health, safety, privacy and dimity. However, women do not feature in most of the schemes and policies on urban sanitation. The fact that even now the manual scavenging exists, ones 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.
- A1 only
- B2 onlyCorrect
- CBoth I and 2
- DNeither I nor 2
Explanation
Statement 1 is incorrect because the passage suggests the abolition of manual scavenging should be the primary focus, not the only solution to fully solve all urban sanitation problems. The passage also discusses promoting pour-flush toilets and discontinuing dry latrines, indicating a broader approach is needed.
Statement 2 is correct. The passage explicitly calls for "a more sustained and rigorous campaign... towards the right to sanitation on a very large scale," which inherently implies a need to promote greater awareness on safe sanitation practices in urban areas.
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