Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan Launch
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More than 73.2 crores of Indians still excrete in unsafe or open areas and sometimes use most unhygienic toilets, post the Swachh Bharat launch. It is been three years since the clean India mission came into life.
According to the State of the World’s Toilets 2017’ which is reported by WaterAid, that works on issues relating to sanitation and water, expressed more concern in regard to the situation faced by women. The report says, more than 35.5 crore women and girls are still waiting for a toilet, if they were all to stand in a queue, it would stretch around the earth more than four times.
In the ‘Basic Sanitation Drive’ globally, India is one among the top 10 countries. But still, more than half the population (56%) are still deprived of toilets and basic sanitation according to the latest report.
On 2 October 2014, Swachh Bharat was launched. More than 5.2 crores household’s toilets were built between October 2014 and November 2017.
According to World Health Organization (WHO), two in five health centers lack basic sanitation thus putting patients and health workers at high risk of infection. India is a big country and it is a huge challenge to reach 1.28 billion people with basic services. But hopefully, we get to see our country free of open defecation by 2019 according to claims made by Indian Government.
