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Majority of rural households without toilet facility: NSSO [1]

The situation is, however, far better in urban India as less than 9% of the population lacks the facility

As many as 60 per cent of rural households do not have access to a toilet facility even after 66 years of independence, show official data.
The situation is better in urban India, with less than nine per cent lacking the facility.

Publication Date: 
25/12/2013
Business Standard (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
India [3], Toilets [4], Rural Sanitation [5], National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) [6], Drinking Water [7], Waste Disposal [8], Sanitation [9]

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