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They probably didn't want the world to see people openly defecating on the streets.
by nirav72 10y ago
They probably didn't want the world to see people openly defecating on the streets.
- vthallam 10y agoGoogle was planning on to get major cities and tourist attractions on street view and open defecation doesn't happen there. How about not commenting dumb things here? Edit: To add, Indian govt is working to get all villages in India better santization facilities.
- nirav72 10y agoI'm Indian and know very well that open defecation is still common in the major cities. Stop putting a spin on it and admit it that we have a problem.
- pavanky 10y agoWhere the hell are you going to openly defecate in major cities with all the traffic?
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- sumedh 10y agoNear the train tracks, there are usually couple of tracks which are not used by trains. There are many areas in Mumbai where traffic is less specially in the early morning. So you can do it on the road.
- gumby 10y agoJust below the water line at the beach, unfortunately.
- vthallam 10y agoThen you and I have a different view about what all major cities are! There's no shying away from the problem if there's one and as i said, it's common in the country side.
- nirav72 10y agoNot sure what your definition of major cities is. But I've seen it often enough in Delhi suburbs, Mumbai and Kolkata. Not even going to start on towns and cities in UP, Bihar and Gujarat (my home state). About the only place I haven't seen it is towns in the North-East.
- vthallam 10y ago> But I've seen it often enough in Delhi suburbs That's not city and Google doesn't plan to go beyond the major parts of the city for now.
- WWKong 10y agoThat is bullshit. It is very common in major cities. Unless you consider Mumbai country side, take a train ride through the city.
- 1024core 10y agoI just spent 2 months in a major 2nd-tier Indian city, going out almost daily. Didn't see someone defecating openly even once. Take it FWIW.
- wavefunction 10y agoIt's not as common as some people think but I have seen it occur in Victoria Park in Bangalore.
- mrexroad 10y agoIt's more common than some people think in America I have seen it occur near a park in San Francisco.
- themartorana 10y agoDitto the side of our old condo in Philadelphia. Edit: goddam shame. I for one know having to go isn't always a "when it's convenient" situation, and people not having access to facilities is terrible.
- chc 10y agoTo my knowledge, that's almost exclusively a San Franciscism.
- selimthegrim 10y agoHell, I saw a woman doing it behind a rock in Central Park a few weeks ago near the bird sanctuary while her friend kept watch.
- ZoF 10y ago>Indian govt is working to get all villages better sanitation facilities. Exactly. The privileged here don't understand that this is being actively worked on in India. We will be a superpower within the next 10 years and will be defecating in the loo well before then. Having a working toilet doesn't make you more valuable Americans.
- vthallam 10y agoMy comment above is being downvoted crazily and wanted to tell that I'm quite surprised and disappointed to see so many people think that the petty reason mentioned above is the actual one to ban Google street view. SMH.
- nefitty 10y agoDoes no one else remember the Take The Poo to the Loo video UNICEF produced to target this problem in India? It seems like if they have to go that far, it's a major problem. https://youtu.be/_peUxE_BKcU https://youtu.be/_peUxE_BKcU
- parennoob 10y agoThis video is a colossal waste of money by UNICEF. Reasons? 1. Most people in India who defecate in the open don't understand English. A lot of them probably don't have a television, or a permanent home for that matter. Homelessness in India is a real problem that receives zero attention from, well, everybody. Tens of thousands of people have migrated from the rural areas to cities in search of homes, and end up living in shacks with no running water or proper plumbing. 2. The open defecation is a direct holdover from cultural aspects several hundred years old (defecate far away from your home, who wants that shit in here?) that have an uneasy coexistence with modern western-style toilets that are located inside one's home. This subject has to be broached with careful scientific explanations and benefit analyses, not a ham-fisted cartoon that treats people like idiots saying "Hey there is poo everywhere! Take it to the loo!"
- sumedh 10y ago> A lot of them probably don't have a television They can still watch it on their mobile.
- zaidf 10y agoIronically, day to day I see more people openly defecating on the streets of downtown San Francisco than I saw when I lived in Mumbai. That said, this says more about SF than India(where open defecation is indeed rampant.)