Students trek 4 km every day to use a toilet
May 10, 2018 09:42
So much for the Centre's claims of providing basic toilets for its people. Flush with statistics of toilets built, the fact remains that much of the toilets cannot be used as there is no water.
In Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district for instance, girls of a government hostel have to travel four kilometers every day to use a toilet which has water. "My friends and I along with our teacher walk two kilometers every day to use the toilet, due to the water crisis in the area," a student said.
There is no water in the toilets in the hostel. Even after having two borewells, the girls face hardship as the wells goes dry at the beginning of summer. "But usually we get water from tankers. But this time we did not even have that," said the warden of the hostel.
Taking cognizance of the issue, the collector of the district said that they have informed higher authorities, but are yet to receive any help from them.
-- ANI
In Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district for instance, girls of a government hostel have to travel four kilometers every day to use a toilet which has water. "My friends and I along with our teacher walk two kilometers every day to use the toilet, due to the water crisis in the area," a student said.
There is no water in the toilets in the hostel. Even after having two borewells, the girls face hardship as the wells goes dry at the beginning of summer. "But usually we get water from tankers. But this time we did not even have that," said the warden of the hostel.
Taking cognizance of the issue, the collector of the district said that they have informed higher authorities, but are yet to receive any help from them.
-- ANI
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