A 26 Y.O Man In India Is Changing The World By Example As He Revives Dead Lakes

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[–]Intuit 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Maybe this guy could have some success with introducing toilets to India.

[–]Superhind 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

cough cough https://theprint.in/india/governance/93-rural-households-have-access-to-toilets-96-5-use-them-says-survey/201569/amp/

https://m.timesofindia.com/india/93-rural-households-with-access-to-toilets-using-them-survey/amp_articleshow/63479194.cms

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/93-households-in-rural-india-have-access-to-toilets-govt-survey-3610501.html/amp

https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/96-usage-of-toilets-under-swachh-bharat-shows-survey-by-an-independent-verification-agency/amp_articleshow/68265399.cms https://www.bloombergquint.com/politics/every-indian-to-have-toilet-in-next-365-days-official-data-under-the-surface-a-crisis.amp

https://www.firstpost.com/india/93-rural-households-with-access-to-toilets-use-them-reveals-national-sanitation-survey-4409277.html/amp

[–]Intuit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Those links seem to be about rural areas only, and it's not clear whether one family member using the toilet sometimes classifies the family as using it. I don't have a lot of time to find statistics, but this NYT article from a year and a half ago says

According to Unicef, around 564 million Indians, nearly half the population, still defecate in the open — in fields, forests, next to ponds, along highway medians and on the beach.

I'd be surprised if they've made any dramatic, lasting shifts in this in less than two years, since there is clearly a cultural element to it (people literally

[–]Vigte 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Awesome story and fantastic work, but they seem to gloss over WHAT he did - aside from removing the trash from the water... some of those were dried out lakes - did they just pay to have water pumped in or something I wonder...

[–]SecretlyHistoric[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yeah, it doesn't go into much detail, does it?

[–]SecretlyHistoric[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thelogicalindian.com/exclusive/dead-lakes-revived/%3famp

This one has a paragraph about how there was so much plastic that underground replenishment of the ponds and lakes was being hampered. Cleaning up the lake and lake beds, the planting trees around the pond helped the water come back.

[–]Vigte 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Unfortunately not - I mean it's a good story, I would love to hear more...