More Indians have access to mobiles than toilets

New Delhi: The overwhelming reach of mobile phones and people's dependence on them have been such that a Delhi High Court judge on Monday could not resist himself from commenting that the gadgets have become more accessible than toilets in India.

"The paradox is that more people have access to mobile phones than toilets in India," was how Justice Kailash Gambhir expressed his feelings while dealing with the issue of sealing of cell phone towers in the capital. Read More................More Indians have access to mobiles than toilets’

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No Toilets, No Loans

Pune: In an unusual posture to achieve targets under the government's 'Nirmal Gram' project, the Pune district administration has warned that those villagers who did not have toilets in their houses, would be deprived of loans and benefits under various welfare schemes. Read more......................No loans if villagers do not build toilets: Pune Collector

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Earn while using Indian public toilet

Dozens of people are queuing up to use toilets in Musiri, a remote town in Tamil Nadu state of India, where authorities have succeeded in keeping street corners clean with the new scheme.

Residents are earning close to a dollar a month by using public urinals, a scheme launched by authorities to promote hygiene and research in rural areas. Read more...........................It pays to go in an Indian public toilet

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Schools without toilets

Hindu reports that All schools across the country to have toilets by year end. Can you imagine how all these students are managing till now??????

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Convicted of murder, teen to clean toilets

A teenager has been ordered to clean toilets at Civil Hospital for two years. The judgment was delivered in a murder case against a juvenile by a chief judicial magistrate (CJM) court at Sonepat in Haryana state of India. Read more......Convicted of murder, teen to clean toilets

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