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