Following a public interest litigation submitted at the Madurai bench of the Madras high court, the Tamil Nadu government has been ordered to come up with a detailed report on the status of school toilets in Tamil Nadu. The petitioner has recorded that close to 15.45 percent of schools in Tamil Nadu lack toilet facilities and many of them lack water supply and regular cleaning staff, rendering most of the units unusable.
This is a roundup of important sanitation related news published between November 5 and 11, 2016.
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