The Economy of Permanence: A Quest for a Social Order Based on Non-violence (स्थायी अर्थतन्त्र)

Economy of Permanence
12. Sanitation and Manure

1. What forms should the latrines take in the villages should be found out after
   alternative methods have been tried out. It may be more than one type may
   be found suitable and necessary. Experiments must be made in regard to
   types of latrines, etc., to keep the villages in a sanitary condition. Bore-hole
   urinals should be installed in suitable places in the villages.
2. Subsidies should be given to individual contractors for converting human
   excreta and all the dirt of the village into compost manure. The subsidy
   being proportionate to the amount of manure produced should be such as to
   attract individuals to this job. Unless it is made a profitable business
   proposition, it is not likely to be attractive. The grant or subsidy, at least
   for some years, is essential to make it attractive.
3. The custom of housing cattle inside the village and often in the dwelling
   places themselves, requires attention from the point of view of village
   sanitation. Though this is a long-term problem, the sanitation of the village
   is difficult to maintain without proper provision for stables and mangers.
   Wherever new extension of a town or village has to be made, the cattle housing
   should be provided for in a place a little away from the dwellings, sanitation of
   the village is one of the main considerations that weigh with some who
   advocate common dairies of the villages, instead of individually owned and
   kept cattle.
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