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Urban India flushes toilet waste—directly or indirectly—into its water bodies

While the Swachh Bharat Mission focuses on eliminating open defecation in urban India by constructing toilets, it does not include the construction of additional sewage/ septage treatment facilities.

Vishnu MJ

Posted on 28 Mar, 2016 05:29 PM

Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban), one of the flagship programmes of the current NDA government, focuses on eliminating open defecation in urban India by constructing individual household, community and public toilets.

Mumbai's Oshiwara river severely polluted with waste (Source: Wikipedia)

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