Trading Up: Improving sanitation
Census 2011 shows, barring Orissa, more than one in five households in the country have water closet latrines
New Delhi: Almost one-fifth of the deaths of children aged under five occur because of diarrhoea. A key reason that has been identified for this is open defecation. It is therefore heartening to note that in the last decade there has been a clear advancement in the use of water closet latrines.
According to Census 2011, barring Orissa, more than one in five households in the country now have such a facility.
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