53% Indian households defecate in open: World Bank says on World Toilet Day

[Srinivas]

Blaming colonialism

**** modern colonialism of the western countries.

 

[Nav84]

Incredibly Crappy India!

Are from another planet which is superior then India..You are from Pakistan which is almost non exist and has no status in this world.

 

[Luftwaffe]

That is the truth and nothing to be ashamed of, considering these western countries are the ones which made India like this through their colonialism.

India is improving and Indians are the ones who are saving UK's top brands.

Don't blame it on West, where your military spends billions if there is a drive to develop public latrines/toilets atleast if not with every house, it can very well be done and achieved with-in few billion dollars. You hindustanis can rant and try to save yourselves all days writing the truth is poor planning and infact neglecting population for their own interest by all and any indian government is responsible over the top the local NGos have been feeding on dollars instead of working.

 

[Srinivas]

Don't blame it on West, where your military spends billions if there is a drive to develop public latrines/toilets atleast if not with every house, it can very well be done and achieved with-in few billion dollars. You hindustanis can rant and try to save yourselves all days writing the truth is poor planning and infact neglecting population for their own interest by all and any indian government is responsible over the top the local NGos have been feeding on dollars instead of working.

Fact is when British left India, India is 400 Million poor people. The resources of India were drained by Britain whose economy was approx 25% of world economy and major part of it was generated from subcontinent.
After Independence the progress is slow because of various reasons like socialism etc...etc..,

But the situation is improving these days, India spends only 3% of GDP on weapons. But you are right that poor planning is main cause.

 

[JanjaWeed]

So you prefer keeping the crap under the carpet

no.. i prefer not to crap around here at PDF. C'mon.. it's world toilet day. Show some respect & stop carpping around here!

 

[rott]

These toilet threads seems very popular in PDF.

 

[Airboss786]

Are from another planet which is superior then India..You are from Pakistan which is almost non exist and has no status in this world.

Well, you Indians definitely are getting quite the recognition of having more than half of your population 'Defecating' out in the open.
Which according to your 'stated' logic makes you very existent very status oriented worldwide.
So I guess you should be called an 'Openly Defecating & Desperately wannabe Supa Powa'!!!!

 

[Armstrong]

Oi @Dillinger I bet if the Authorities fit a cork in @Ayush this figure could be halved !

 

[Spring Onion]

no.. i prefer not to crap around here at PDF. C'mon.. it's world toilet day. Show some respect & stop carpping around here!

You are an ostrich

 

[nair]

Its true that we have a serious issue which need to be addressed immediately. But 53% seems to be a very high and far off from reality.....India is such a vast country every state is in different stage of development. Sampling would be very difficult.....What ever said and done This issue need to be addressed immediately....

 

[Shak]

spring onion shitty shitty elite member.

 

[SrNair]

But a similar study in 2011 shows 58% of people in india suffer this problem but now it is reduced 53%.I think it is reducing.

India accounts for 58 per cent of those practising open defecation globally
India accounts for 58 per cent of those practising open defecation globally - The Hindu

this is 2011 article

 

[Nav84]

Well, you Indians definitely are getting quite the recognition of having more than half of your population 'Defecating' out in the open.
Which according to your 'stated' logic makes you very existent very status oriented worldwide.
So I guess you should be called an 'Openly Defecating & Desperately wannabe Supa Powa'!!!!

Are you a real fool or you are just being like this today!! Do you know 43 million people out of 183 million people in Pakistan Defecating out in the open. We do accept we have issue regarding hygiene and We are committed for the improvement. You will see loads changes in coming years. people are getting educated. Openly defecating is problem of 3-4 states like Bihar,U P etc. there are more Muslim then Hindus or other minorities are living in these area. They do not accept changes quickly because of lack of education. I Do not agree with the data as well. They say 53% are openly defecating. How do they collect exact Data??

 

[Airboss786]

No I am sure not a fool but your sure are a person that can not accept the the fact & for you (Injins) it's a daily occurrence! Hence become a way of life to look the other way since it directly doesn't pertain you!

How the Heck do I know how they collected that data! Go ask/query them!

But I'm sure it's accurate!

 

[utraash]

WASHINGTON: With over 600 million people in India or 53 per cent of Indian households defecating in the open, absence of toilet or latrine is one of the important contributors to malnutrition, a World Bank report has said.
The report that released on Monday on the eve of the first ever UN World Toilet Day, the World Bank said, access to improved sanitation can increase cognition among children.

Currently, more than 2.5 billion people worldwide lack access to toilets, one billion people practice open defecation and 600 million in India openly defecate.

"Our research showed that six-year-olds who had been exposed to India's sanitation programme during their first year of life were more likely to recognise letters and simple numbers on learning tests than those who were not," said Dean Spears, lead author of the paper 'Effects of Early-Life Exposure to Sanitation on Childhood Cognitive Skills'.

The paper studies the effects on childhood cognitive achievement of early life exposure to India's Total Sanitation Campaign, a national scale government programme that encouraged local governments to build and promote use of inexpensive pit latrines.

"This is important news -- the study suggests that low-cost rural sanitation strategies such as India's Total Sanitation Campaign can support children's cognitive development," Spears said.

The results also suggest that open defecation -- going outside without using a toilet or latrine -- is an important threat to the human capital of developing countries and that a program accessible to countries where sanitation development capacity is lower could improve average cognitive skills.

"Open defecation lies at the root of many development challenges, as poor sanitation and lack of access to toilets impact public health, education, and the environment," said Jaehyang So, Manager of the World Bank's Water and Sanitation Project.

A World Bank working paper released earlier this year found that children exposed to more fecal germs don't grow as tall as other children with less exposure.

Studies have shown physical height is an important economic variable reflecting health and human capital.

However, differences in average height across developing countries are not well explained by differences in wealth, according to the report.

In particular, children in India are shorter, on average, than children in Africa who are poorer, on average, a paradox called "the Asian enigma," which has received much attention from economists and studies indicate a 5 year-old girl in India to be around 0.7 cm shorter than her counterpart in Sub-Saharan Africa.

"Within the triad of causes, food, care and environment, these papers provide additional evidence that inadequate sanitation is one of the important contributors to malnutrition, particularly in India," said Bert Voetberg, Acting Sector Manager, South Asia Health, Nutrition and Population.
53% Indian households defecate in open: World Bank says on World Toilet Day - The Times of India

This sumthing that we should not atleast make a fun out of it..... Since you are a sr. Member should not act like tit for tat....
Rest upto insane thinking of members of both country.....