Jamshedpur, Oct. 12: People of East Singhbhum district are a proud lot.

For the second consecutive year the district has bagged the Nirmal Gram Award for successful implementation of Total Sanitation Campaign.

Successfully adhering to basic sanitation and cleanliness guidelines of the government, 13 panchayats of East Singhbhum district have received this award.

One of the many projects of Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) is of building thousands of toilet blocks across Mumbai Metropolitan Region. However, the condition of the toilets in its own backyard seems to be very poor.

Chennai

THE Third Tamil Nadu State Report of the 2005-06 National Family Health Survey says access to a toilet facility is almost universal in Chennai. This even as there is dearth of well maintained public toilets and the social nuisance of public urination in the city .

The absence of public toilets is causing immense hardship to the people in Mithi.

Shopkeepers, social workers and common people say that though Mithi, the district headquarters town, has a population of over 50,000, the municipal administration and its town planners never considered to build public toilets in main areas of the town, in shopping canters, tourists' spots and other public places.After visiting various colonies, private clinics, bus stops, markets and shopping centres, this correspondent has observed that this aspect of public service has received no attention.

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Ahead of the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG), the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to install public toilets at 82 locations to prevent open defecation in areas where these amenities are missing. Officials said that the move is aimed at projecting a "good image' of the city among participants and visitors during the international sporting event.

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How can we arrest people when we know there are not enough public toilets in the city? } Using roads as public toilets is a common sight in the city. Yes, it is banned, but do people care? Yes, there is a shortage of public toilets in the city, but are the existing ones being properly used? Do we at all have civic sense? Express takes stock of the situation Chennai

A group of teenagers from USA has come visiting the state. And no, they are not sight-seeing or partying, they are giving lessons on hygiene to Amdavadis, villagers of Gujarat and building toilets for them too. And, how! Back home, the teenagers washed cars, mowed lawns and cleaned windows for their "service tour" to India. They are a group of nine enterprising students and three staff members of Yes Preparatory Schools, from Houston, USA.

Garbage overflowing in bins, broken window panes, pipe leakages, no exhaust fan