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False. Numbers are now in the 15% of the whole population.[1] I know its a negative stereotype meme at this point and westerners love bringing this old number
by shmde 3y ago
False. Numbers are now in the 15% of the whole population.[1]
I know its a negative stereotype meme at this point and westerners love bringing this old number up whenever India does something good but please do better next time.
[1]https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/rural-water-and-sanitation/is-india-really-open-defecation-free-here-s-what-numbers-say-77918 https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/rural-water-and-sanitati...
- gadders 3y agoThat's still a lot for a country sending rockets to the moon.
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- orwin 3y agoTake into account that India is a federal state which, while densely populated on average, has very, very remote area (think pacohontas county, WV), lack water and industrialized recently. Some people in WV have no toilets either, so what?
- gadders 3y agoPeople in WV open defecate in fields?
- orwin 3y agoDry toilets and chamber pots are used in rural areas all over the world, yes? How city-centric must you be to not know that? But even in rural areas with easy road access (so not the area I talked about in WV), I can easely see people using dry toilets and putting their excretions in the field. It's not like DIY plumbing for sceptic tank is particularly easy or inexpensive, any person living off grid, by choice or necessity, might prefer 'defecate in fields' (ie: using dry toilets) imho. Now I remember how some urbanites think themselves above rural people from their own countries, I almost forgot. Parisians are not the only self-centered narcissists it seems.
- zarzavat 3y agoDry toilet counts as a toilet for the purpose of these statistics. It’s about people relieving themselves outside.
- orwin 3y agoChild, please. Pit latrine and chamber pot are dry toilets. Common, its not that hard. 'modern' hipster composting dry toilets are found at festivals or in 'new rural' houses (don't really know the English translation), but in mountain farms I guarantee you it's not that that they use. And yes, pit latrines are often in outhouses, temporary or not. 'outside' don't mean 'in public'. Pit latrines and chamber pots absolutely dont count as toilets in statistics. Those are dry toilets. Even if you never stepped in the countryside, look at Wikipedia 'dry toilets', and learn.
- gadders 3y agoNone of those things count as open defecation.
- gadders 3y agoSo they don't open defecate then?
- madengr 3y ago[dead]
- soligern 3y agoSounds like they are kicking ass on multiple fronts at the same time.
- gadders 3y agoAnd taking foreign aid whilst doing it.
- soligern 3y agoThe Indian government explicitly refuses foreign aid. The money the UK sends is to NGOs. It’s also a pittance.
- gadders 3y agoShall we discuss the caste system next?
- soligern 3y agoThe disappearing system that can’t maintain itself in cities because no one knows anyone’s origin?
- gadders 3y agoYeah it's so obscure it's even exported to Sillicon Valley. https://www.wired.com/story/trapped-in-silicon-valleys-hidden-caste-system/ https://www.wired.com/story/trapped-in-silicon-valleys-hidde...
- soligern 3y agoBoomer immigrants bring their old world practices with them. A handful of isolated incidents indicative of a practice on its way out. Modi the current PM of India is from a low caste. The president of India is from a low caste.