The capital region, including Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy districts, fares the best in the State in terms of access to drinking water and toilet facilities for households, as per a study report by the Division of Child Studies released here on Thursday.
The study jointly sponsored by UNICEF and Centre for Economic and Social Studies, noted that over 92 per cent of the households in the core capital have access and availability of drinking water within the premises. The same in terms of sanitation facilities, assessed by availability of toilets within the premises, stands at 98.5 per cent.
Ranga Reddy district stood in second position, with 72 per cent access to drinking water, and 81 per cent access to sanitation. The study is based on 2011 Census, informed representatives of UNICEF at the release event on Thursday.
Interestingly, Charminar constituency represented by Pasha Quadri of MIM tops the entire state in terms of access to drinking water, calculated as 97.89 per cent households having drinking water facility within the premises.
Amberpet steals the show in terms of sanitation, with 99.8 per cent households having toilets within the premises. Way out of place in the city was Secunderabad constituency, with only 77.8 per cent households having drinking water available within premises.
However, stark contrast can be noticed between urban and rural constituencies of Ranga Reddy district, with appalling figures for the latter.
For example, in Pargi, one of the most backward constituencies of Ranga Reddy district, only 26 per cent households have access to drinking water, and only 20.5 per cent, to toilets. Similarly, Tandur has 34 per cent households with access to drinking water, and 27 per cent, to toilets.
In contrast, 93.61 per cent of the households in Kukatpally constituency of the same district have access to drinking water, and 97.84 per cent to toilets.
