Over 1 cr households in urban India without bathrooms: Govt
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has revealed that over one crore households in urban India don't have bathrooms. "Nearly 1 crore or about 13% of the total households in urban areas don't have latrine facility ? neither access to public latrine nor do they have toilets within their premises," said the Ministry.
Ministry New Delhi, Apr 16 (PTI) Over 1 crore households in urban areas of the country dont have bathrooms, according to data provided by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA). Under the Centres flagship programme Swachch Bharat Mission, the government aims to make India open-defecation free (ODF) by 2019. So far, 31.14 lakh individual toilets have been constructed under the programme, while 1.15 lakh community and public toilets have been constructed with the assistance of the government. The total number of households in urban areas is about 7.8 crore. "Nearly 1 crore or about 13 per cent of the total households in urban areas do not have latrine facility -- neither access to public latrine nor do they have toilets within their premises," according to the data provided by the HUPA ministry in Parliament recently. 