The poor people can not ...
Published by Yogesh Agrawal, Director (retired), Minor irrigation schemes, Water Resources Department at Govt of Rajasthan
The poor people can not afford a toilet in their houses. A poor village can not have public toilets. It is the development of a village or locality which will make it possible for people to have toilets. Having toilets with attached soak pit will ultimately deteriorate the ground water quality. The world community should find ways to lower down the construction and maintenance of toilets and also safeguarding the disposal of faeces in a hygienic way. The availability of sufficient water for toilets is also a problem, for which a practical and cheap solution applicable to poor and backward areas is to be find out.