Govt ropes in NGOs to spread awareness on sanitation

As World Toilet Day was observed yesterday, the government efforts towards making people improve sanitation by constructing toilets have not borne much fruit. While nearly 50 per cent of the households in J&K continue to remain without toilets, the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Ministry says it will step up the awareness campaign so that people, especially those living in rural areas, set up latrines in their households.