India – Rising costs hit Centre’s sanitation scheme

Just as several flagship development projects like the construction of rural roads have been hit by rising input costs, the government has been forced to take a hard look at its cost estimates for building toilets for families below the poverty line in rural India. Soaring steel and cement prices have already hit the Centre’s toilet targets under the total sanitation campaign (TSC) in recent months.

More – Financial Express

See also: see also Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) in the XI Plan, PIB, 22 Aug 2008

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