New Delhi : Sanitation activists yesterday observed ‘World Toilet Day' and alleged that 3.75 crore lavatories in India as claimed by Ministry for Rural Development did not exist and were “missing”.
Activists of Right to Sanitation (RTS) Campaign's India chapter demanded an inquiry into the “huge gap” in the number of toilets existing on the field and the number provided in the data by the Rural Development Ministry and Census 2011.
On the occasion, the activists organised a range of programmes across 14 states around the theme of ‘missing toilets' and ‘crisis of sanitation' in the country.
Various groups including Action India, Rashtriya Dalit Mahila Andolan, National Confederation of Dalit Organisations, Safai Karmchari Andolan, etc also demanded for the enactment of the law to provide constitutional status to the Right to Sanitation so that it becomes a legal civil right.
