New Delhi: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in a report revealed a big boost to toilets in schools in the country. According to the report, 75 percent of schools in 15 major states of the country have toilets that do not fit the criteria for cleanliness. The report comes after Congress leader and former Union Minister P. Chidambaram attacked the government.
According to the CAG report presented in Parliament, out of every 2326 toilets, 1812 do not have water, 715 out of 1812 toilets are not cleaned. 75 percent of government schools do not have proper sanitation, soap, water facility in toilets. Reacting to the report, former Union Minister P. Chidambaram wrote that according to the CAG report, "More than 40 percent of government schools do not have toilets. Earlier, there were similar reports about toilets constructed under the Swachh Bharat Scheme. Now, when forty percent of the toilets are not working, how did the country become open defecation free?"
CAG has shared its report on different sectors. The Swachh Bharat Mission has been started by the Central Government with full strength. Under this, the Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan was launched in 2014, under which the Ministry of Education was obliged to construct toilets in every government school.
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