There are toilets in every house in the remote settlement of Tistung [Makwanpur, district] but the roads and courtyards stink due to open defecation. No one in the area defecates in the toilet but on roads and courtyards. They use the concrete toilets near their houses as a storeroom for fodder and firewood or use it as a distillery to produce local wine.
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“We can defecate anywhere in the open but the fodder will get rotten if we do not keep them in the toilets safe from rain”, a local resident said.
Read more: Pratap Bista, Kantipur / NGO Forum, 2 June 2008
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