A news report ( Business Line / April 14, 2016 ) says,
* In first 11
months of 2015-16, 1.09 crore toilets were built across the country
* Of these,
98.64 lakh were in rural areas and 10.63 lakh were in urban areas
* But 48 % of
rural folks and 7.5 % of urban folks ,
still go out in the open
Before launching this ( highly desirable ) mission, I
wonder if the authorities concerned , asked themselves :
* How many million
homes are there in rural areas ?
* How many
persons are their ( avg ) per household ?
* How many of rural
homes have piped water supply to
be able to
flush those toilets ?
* At norm followed
by our cities ( ie 100 litres of water
per person per day ) , how many litres of water
will be
required by
these households ?
* Do these 7
lakh villages have centralized Water
Distribution
Networks ?
* From where
will water get drawn ?
Are there
local lakes or bore-wells in these villages ?
Do these have
enough water to last whole year ?
* If not ,
should not our first priority be to dig such lakes
and bore
wells and lay down Water Distribution
pipelines before constructing toilets ?
I am reminded of those hundreds of " Ghost Cities
" of China , capable of housing one million people each - but no occupants
!
No wonder , Business Line titled this report :
" .... but Swachh Bharat still a pipedream "
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