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Lobbying for recognition of water and sanitation as a basic right — 2009-07-03
A group of WASH stakeholders met with Ms. Binda Pandey, Chairperson of the Committee on Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles (a committee under the constituent assembly committees) to discuss the inclusion of improved sanitation and safe water as basic fundamental right in the constitution. In this interaction held at the committee office in Singhadurbar, Thursday 2 July 2009, Pandey expressed that the committee was sensitive about incorporating right to water and sanitation which is a vital necessity of the people in a workable manner in the constitution.
The group comprising of members of the Nepal WASH Group, FAN South Asia and End water Poverty Campaign, participating in this interaction suggested that the new constitution duly acknowledge the Delhi Declaration of the ministerial level South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN III) held in New Delhi on November 16-21, 2008, which recognises that access to sanitation and safe drinking water is a basic right and that it is imperative to accord national priority to sanitation.
During the discussion it was also emphasised that sanitation and water should be established as a constitutional right all the more reason because these services has a direct impact on sectors like health, education and poverty reduction which hold great national priority. Chairperson Pandey expressed that it is the responsibility of the state to provide these basic necessities to its people, hence as far as possible priority will be given to include these provisions in the constitution. She also informed that in the next one month a draft of the fundamental rights and directive principles was on its ways and welcomed written comments on this draft and assured that the comments would be considered possibly and positively. .
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