New Delhi may be the capital of the country but 22 per cent of its people do not have access to a latrine in their premises and are forced to defecate in the open or use public toilet.
According to 'Houselisting and Housing Census 2011' for Delhi released today, 89.5 per cent of the 33.40 lakh households in Delhi have a latrine in their premises while 3.3 per cent are forced to defecate in open.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/22-delhiites-still-defecate-open
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/financial-express-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/census-2011
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/toilets
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/housing
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drinking-water
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-sanitation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sanitation
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/delhi
