96 lakh rural households without toilets in Bihar: Survey

Patna, July 12 (PTI) Around 96 lakh households in rural
areas of Bihar do not have toilets and people travel far-flung
areas to relieve themselves under the open sky, a survey said.

According to the survey conducted by the state Public
Health Engineering Department, about 95.96 lakh households,
out of which 49.19 lakh belong to Below Poverty Line (BPL)
category still do not have toilets at their homes.

However, the government has speeded up the pace of
construction of toilets, the survey said.

The report suggests that private toilet facilities were
available to around 90,400 BPL families in Bihar during
2004-05. But, after the Nitish Kumar government came to power
in November 2005, the pace of construction of toilets speeded
up and now altogether 12.70 lakh BPL families are enjoying
toilet facilities at their homes.

The number of toilets at community centres, state-run
schools and anganbari centres too has increased since then,
the report said.

The state government is offering a grant of Rs 1,700 to
every BPL family for adding toilets in their huts, sources
said. PTI AJK
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