53% Indian households defecate in open: World Bank says on World Toilet Day

[OrionHunter]

It's a good thing. We save millions of rupees in fertilizers!

 

[Hafizzz]

That is the truth and nothing to be ashamed of, considering these western countries are the ones which made India like this through their colonialism.

India is improving and Indians are the ones who are saving UK's top brands.

LOL. Go ahead and continue to blame others for India's own problem.

Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand , Canada etc were once British colony and yet they don't suffer from Toilet shortage

 

[Spring Onion]

This sumthing that we should not atleast make a fun out of it..... Since you are a sr. Member should not act like tit for tat....
Rest upto insane thinking of members of both country.....

Read what parts I have highlighted I am sure if you think over logically these are more important to work on than making fun of this issue.

And rest assure I am not making fun of it because my country is as bad in this regard so nothing of any moral right to make fun of. 

It's a good thing. We save millions of rupees in fertilizers!

unfortunately that is NOT the case.

This fertilizer saving thing was in practice many decades back even in Pakistan and it was a natural use.

Now this is not the way it was.

 

[Srinivas]

LOL. Go ahead and continue to blame others for India's own problem.

Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand , Canada etc were once British colony and yet they don't suffer from Toilet shortage

I quoted the truth and I also said that India is improving.

 

[Airboss786]

As if everyone can afford toilet in your country.

Where does it say everybody can afford a toilet?!

But the the fact of the matter is, more than half of your population. for sure can't afford it!

 

[utraash]

Read what parts I have highlighted I am sure if you think over logically these are more important to work on than making fun of this issue.

And rest assure I am not making fun of it because my country is as bad in this regard so nothing of any moral right to make fun of. 


unfortunately that is NOT the case.

This fertilizer saving thing was in practice many decades back even in Pakistan and it was a natural use.

Now this is not the way it was.

Thnx for clarifying ur stand. But what I have some indian member opened a similar thread which is obviously for allowing trolls to make a fun. So I expected same to be opened for indian members thats y I said no fun atleast ob such issue..... we should even be ashamed of that india n pak is giving competition in this category even after 60 yrs of independence. ... ..

 

[bornmoron]

Who comes out with all these figures ???
Mooh diya bak diya ,,Gaand diya hug diya

 

[JanjaWeed]

You are an ostrich

Not me... could be those ones who closed a similar thread on Pakistan

 

[INDIC]

The thread on Pakistani toilet problem was closed this one still running.

 

[Indischer]

Poor Sanitation stems from lack of awareness about the ill-effects of bad hygiene. Colonialism has nothing to do with this. There is no evidence whatsoever that the Mughals or British destroyed our toilets! Our Government could have done a lot more to spread awareness in this regard. Any blame that we get in this regard is well-earned and well-deserved.

 

[xyxmt]

That is the truth and nothing to be ashamed of, considering these western countries are the ones which made India like this through their colonialism.

India is improving and Indians are the ones who are saving UK's top brands.

that does not give you the right to defecate in the open

 

[AnnoyingOrange]

Good job... now can we have more money coning from developed countries to feed the social welfare industry...

Bhai ... NGO walon nain nayi BMWs bhi toh kharidni hain.

WASHINGTON: With over 600 million people in India or 53 per cent of Indian households defecating in the open, absence of toilet or latrine is one of the important contributors to malnutrition, a World Bank report has said.
The report that released on Monday on the eve of the first ever UN World Toilet Day, the World Bank said, access to improved sanitation can increase cognition among children.

Currently, more than 2.5 billion people worldwide lack access to toilets, one billion people practice open defecation and 600 million in India openly defecate.

"Our research showed that six-year-olds who had been exposed to India's sanitation programme during their first year of life were more likely to recognise letters and simple numbers on learning tests than those who were not," said Dean Spears, lead author of the paper 'Effects of Early-Life Exposure to Sanitation on Childhood Cognitive Skills'.

The paper studies the effects on childhood cognitive achievement of early life exposure to India's Total Sanitation Campaign, a national scale government programme that encouraged local governments to build and promote use of inexpensive pit latrines.

"This is important news -- the study suggests that low-cost rural sanitation strategies such as India's Total Sanitation Campaign can support children's cognitive development," Spears said.

The results also suggest that open defecation -- going outside without using a toilet or latrine -- is an important threat to the human capital of developing countries and that a program accessible to countries where sanitation development capacity is lower could improve average cognitive skills.

"Open defecation lies at the root of many development challenges, as poor sanitation and lack of access to toilets impact public health, education, and the environment," said Jaehyang So, Manager of the World Bank's Water and Sanitation Project.

A World Bank working paper released earlier this year found that children exposed to more fecal germs don't grow as tall as other children with less exposure.

Studies have shown physical height is an important economic variable reflecting health and human capital.

However, differences in average height across developing countries are not well explained by differences in wealth, according to the report.

In particular, children in India are shorter, on average, than children in Africa who are poorer, on average, a paradox called "the Asian enigma," which has received much attention from economists and studies indicate a 5 year-old girl in India to be around 0.7 cm shorter than her counterpart in Sub-Saharan Africa.

"Within the triad of causes, food, care and environment, these papers provide additional evidence that inadequate sanitation is one of the important contributors to malnutrition, particularly in India," said Bert Voetberg, Acting Sector Manager, South Asia Health, Nutrition and Population.
53% Indian households defecate in open: World Bank says on World Toilet Day - The Times of India