Importance of sanitation and hygiene stressed in village
The Hindu
The Indian Institute of Human Settlements (IIHS) observed World Toilet Day by organising an awareness programme on the importance of sanitation and hygiene at Indira Nagar in Edamalaipatti Pudur where
The Indian Institute of Human Settlements (IIHS) observed World Toilet Day by organising an awareness programme on the importance of sanitation and hygiene at Indira Nagar in Edamalaipatti Pudur where open defecation continues to be prevalent.
A tenement with over 146 houses, at least 130 of them did not have a toilet in the house and depended on a toilet complex. A total of 16 of them constructed toilets under the Swachh Bharat Mission. However only six are functional. The people defecate along a pond nearby, as the community toilets are over a kilometre away. “The women are unable to go to the toilet at night and therefore go to the open space,” they said.