World Toilet Day News
World Toilet Day is an official United Nations international observance day on November 19 to inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis.
At least 4.5 billion people live without safely managed sanitation while 892 million people still practise open defecation.
Vikas Bagaria, founder of PeeSafe, and Renu Malik, gynaecologist at Radix Health Care, have given a few inputs:
The survey conducted by the travel site HolidayIQ revealed that 95% of Indian travellers demanded more public toilets.
Before flushing, make sure to cover the toilet seat. It is believed that all the bacteria take the air route when you flush.
About 600 million people use dirty or crowded communal toilets and pit or bucket latrines, while some 100 million have no facilities at all, it said.
Attention guys, ever heard of World Toilet Day? Yes, it is actually a thing and it is celebrated globally on November 19 every year. Back in 2001, the campaign was initiated by World Toilet Organization to spread awareness on issues of sanitation.
India ranks top for having the greatest number of urbanites living without a safe, private toilet.
The app lets a user create their own poop emojis and then share them.
UN chief Ban Ki-Moon calls for adequate sanitation on World Toilet Day on Thursday.
World Toilet College, being built with an intention to share knowledge about toilets, will come up in Rishikesh.
About 99 per cent travellers in the country said there is a need for more toilets across tourism destinations and spots in the country, says a survey.
According to a study, the world's second most populous nation has 60.4 per cent of its people without access to safe and private toilets.
UN officially recognized November 19 as World Toilet Day to motivate and mobilize millions around the world on issues of sanitation.
Eram Scientific Solutions, the only manufacturer of electronic toilets in the country, on Wednesday unveiled a new eToilet mobile app for such toilets a day before the World Toilet Day on November 19.
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