Today is World Toilet Day. This day is being observed to make awareness about sanitation and encourage people to use toilets.
Department of beverage
and Sanitation of Ministry of Jal Shakti will celebrate 'World Toilet
Day' under 'Swachh Bharat Mission-Grameen for promoting awareness on
access to safe sanitation. On this occasion, Jal Shakti Minister
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat will felicitate top districts and States with
‘Swachhata Puraskar’.
The theme of this year's World Toilet Day is
sustainable sanitation and climate change. Severe effects of climate
change like floods, drought and rising sea levels are threatening
sanitation systems and increasing health risks.
Safe and hygienic
toilets form the strongest defence mechanism against COVID19 and other
diseases. In the last few years, India has taken remarkable steps to
inculcate the practice of safe and hygienic sanitation behaviour under
the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
This drive not only changed the age-old
habits of millions of people, but also increased their productivity
while protecting them from diseases. It also paved the way for
construction of over 11 crore household toilets and conversion of more
than six lakh villages into open defecation free.
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