Why India is still struggling to provide access to toilets • FRANCE 24 English

[GamoAccu]

November 19 is World Toilet Day, a crucial health issue in India. According to the World Bank, nearly 15 percent of the country's population does not have access to a toilet and the consequences are severe: water pollution, waterborne diseases and sexual violence. In 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised that open defecation would be eradicated in India. Eight years after the government's promise, India still lacks toilets and the country's sanitary problems are not getting any better. Our correspondents report.

Focus - Why India is still struggling to provide access to toilets

November 19 is World Toilet Day, a crucial health issue in India. According to the World Bank, nearly 15 percent of the country's population does not have access to a toilet and the consequences are…

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[Path-Finder]

..............Pakistan is bankrupt. and fake newj!!

 

[GamoAccu]

3 years ago LYING MODI said India was open defecation free.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-open-defecation-free-says-narendra-modi/article29576776.ece

 

[PakFactor]

3 years ago LYING MODI said India was open defecation free.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-open-defecation-free-says-narendra-modi/article29576776.ece

Technically he was not lying because you can defecate freely in the open streets.

 

[K_Bin_W]

India always makes great progress but only on paper. It has a ~30 years old track record.

 

[Deltadart]

The secret to bumper Indian Crops lies in the Indians' love to defecate in the open to fertilize the soil.