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You might be surprised to know that the govt. spends around 220$ to build a single toilet in small towns / villages in India under the Swachh Bharat's sanitary

You might be surprised to know that the govt. spends around 220$ to build a single toilet in small towns / villages in India under the Swachh Bharat's sanitary division. I even have a friend who found it super lucrative to build toilets around his factory for the govt. and hence took it up to build a few toilets every day to add a stable revenue source. This may not add up given the per capita, but that's how it is, welcome to India. Rural toiled fund allocation raised to Rs. 15000 per toilet:- https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/policy/rural-toilet-fund-allocation-raised-to-rs-15000-per-unit/article23125148.ece https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/policy/rural-to...

vwcx 8y ago
"The problem [in India] isn't just a lack of toilets -- it's a lack of toilets that people want to use." National Geographic's deep-dive on the issue: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/08/toilet-defecate-outdoors-stunting-sanitation/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/08/toilet-d...
- r_singh 8y ago
  Yeah, I'm quite aware of that being an Indian and living here all my life. Bill gates has written about this problem as well. Heck we've even got comedy movies surrounding this issue. However, the toilet building programs are isolated from these facts, they don't even have proper maintenance programs in place to make sure their usable. Every infrastructural spend in India has leakage of money towards those who have power.