Two crore toilets to be built in villages, linked to MNREGA

January 29, 2015 20:22

Over two crore toilets will be built in select villages across the country under a programme of making India open defecation-free by 2019 which the government decided to link to MNREGA.

The government will also deploy specially-trained women workers to give basic lessons about the use of toilets in the villages.

The over 2 crore toilets will be constructed in select villages under MNREGA, a rural job scheme, said an official of the Rural Development ministry which is the nodal body for it.

The official said efforts will also be made to bring behavioural changes among the masses through women volunteers as part of the government's mission to achieve open defecation free status in the country in five years.

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