Vikram singh
SPNer
- Feb 24, 2005
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The fact that India has over 545 million cell phone users as compared to about 366 million people having access to improved sanitation makes one wonder 'why a country that is now wealthy enough cannot afford the basic necessity of a toilet?' Using such comparison, the United Nations University's Institute for Water, Environment and Health (IWEH) in its recent report makes a case for expanding toilet coverage in a country where 69 per cent population still defecates in the open.