The WHO estimates that nearly 600 million Indians defecate in the open — a sizeable human waste that can prove to be a health threat with epidemic potential, common threats being cholera, diarrhea, dysentery, typhoid, infectious hepatitis, and hookworm. 53% of households in India do not have a toilet. In rural areas, this increases to 60%. India needs 115 million toilets by the year 2019—the official deadline to eradicate open defecation.
Posted on: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 16:37:45 +0000
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