Only 68 percent of government hospitals have functional toilets, of which, only 33 percent are clean, as per a new study.

On the capital’s Elephant Road stands a brand new public toilet, but not a single person has been able to use it since its inauguration on November 30. And so, pedestrians, shoppers, and local traders are still suffering amid the dearth of such facilities.

Lack of public toilets in the capital and elsewhere is causing much suffering

The World Bank has approved a $1.5 billion loan for a sanitation programme in India, where millions of people have no access to toilets.

A city council in western India is planning to pay residents to use public toilets in a desperate attempt to stop legions of people urinating and defecating in public.