#GoodNews: This Saharanpur Girl Gang Has Built Over 1,500 Toilets
167 toilets were built without any government aid, said the Municipal Committee Councillor of Saharanpur.
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The efforts of a team of girls from Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district has resulted in the construction of over 1,500 toilets in the area. Their goal was to make the region free of open defecation, reported ANI. Now 11 blocks of the district have toilets.
The girls have managed to achieve this feat without any significant aid from the government, reported ANI. A small team of only 11 girls had started the campaign in September 2015. From 11, the team slowly grew to 110. Thanks to their efforts, 45 villages in Saharanpur have managed to become open defecation free, reported ANI.
The girl gang has been praised for their endeavour by the administration.
Fewer toilets for women increases their vulnerability to infection and disease, to say nothing of the higher risk of sexual assault.
Despite government programmes such as the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ promoting the cause of freeing India of open defecation, the goal is yet to be fulfilled.
(With inputs from ANI)
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