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by Idéfix Thu May 08, 2014 1:04 pm
About 60% of human beings without access to toilets live in India. The majority of Indian people still defecate in the open.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/08/one-billion-open-defecation_n_5289049.html
The country with the largest number of public defecators is India, which has 600 million. India's relatively "hands off" approach has long been at odds with the more successful strategy of neighbouring Bangladesh, which has put a big focus on fighting water-borne diseases since the 1970s, Luyendijk said.
"The Indian government did provide tremendous amounts, billions of dollars, for sanitation for the poorest," he said.
"But this was disbursed from the central level to the provinces and then all the provinces had their own mechanisms of implementing. And as their own data showed, those billions of dollars did not reach the poorest," added Luyendijk.
India's government has now woken up to the need to change attitudes, he said, with a "Take the poo to the loo" campaign that aims to make open defecation unacceptable, helped by a catchy Youtube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_peUxE_BKcU
"What is shocking in India is this picture of someone practising open defecation and in the other hand having a mobile phone," said Maria Neira, director of Public Health at the WHO.
Making the practice unacceptable has worked in more than 80 countries, the U.N. says. The goal is to eliminate the practice entirely by 2025. Poverty is no excuse, the study said, noting the role of cultural differences.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/08/one-billion-open-defecation_n_5289049.html
The country with the largest number of public defecators is India, which has 600 million. India's relatively "hands off" approach has long been at odds with the more successful strategy of neighbouring Bangladesh, which has put a big focus on fighting water-borne diseases since the 1970s, Luyendijk said.
"The Indian government did provide tremendous amounts, billions of dollars, for sanitation for the poorest," he said.
"But this was disbursed from the central level to the provinces and then all the provinces had their own mechanisms of implementing. And as their own data showed, those billions of dollars did not reach the poorest," added Luyendijk.
India's government has now woken up to the need to change attitudes, he said, with a "Take the poo to the loo" campaign that aims to make open defecation unacceptable, helped by a catchy Youtube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_peUxE_BKcU
"What is shocking in India is this picture of someone practising open defecation and in the other hand having a mobile phone," said Maria Neira, director of Public Health at the WHO.
Making the practice unacceptable has worked in more than 80 countries, the U.N. says. The goal is to eliminate the practice entirely by 2025. Poverty is no excuse, the study said, noting the role of cultural differences.
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Re: India number one
by Rishi Thu May 08, 2014 1:23 pm
"What is shocking in India is this picture of someone practising open defecation and in the other hand having a mobile phone," said Maria Neira, director of Public Health at the WHO.
>>>No wonder they don't want to rent their apartments to Indians.
>>>No wonder they don't want to rent their apartments to Indians.
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Re: India number one
by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Thu May 08, 2014 1:31 pm
Idéfix wrote:About 60% of human beings without access to toilets live in India. The majority of Indian people still defecate in the open.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/08/one-billion-open-defecation_n_5289049.html
It is not just coincidence that Congress (i) has been ruling India for 60 years.
In any case, looking at it positively, at least India are the most environmentally conscious.
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Re: India number one
by swapna Thu May 08, 2014 1:42 pm
Uppusaamy GowNDer and others have angrily claimed that the Hindu population of Bangladesh has continually declined. I wonder if that might have caused the decline in open defecation in Bangladesh.
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