Low Cost Home Toilets to Prevent Open Defecation
http://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/DN2/The-indignity-of-open-defecation-in-the-21st-century/-/957860/2659386/-/9o4ot5/-/index.html D efecation in open is widely prevalent in poorer parts of the world. It leads to inconvenience, torture of making their way to a distant field for sick and aged, pollution of water bodies, several health problems and security issues particularly for women. There have been cases of women venturing out alone in the dark to ease themselves that have been way laid by a gang, raped and even murdered in the worst of cases. Presently an active program is underway in India led by the Narendra Modi Government to eradicate this practice through the building of squat flush toilets at homes across rural India. The government offers financial help for the purpose. However in talking to villagers, this author discovered that villagers are spending much more than the assistance provided and this is slowing down the program. Huge expenditure is being incu