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.

The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday ordered the issue of a notice to the State government on a PIL petition, which had complained about disturbances caused to people residing in the localities around the National Public School situated in Rajajinagar 5th block due to use of loudspeakers with high volume in the school and parking of school buses in residential areas.












