Nepal, Parbat: students go to jungle for toilet purposes

The students of Khaulalankuri Secondary School in Parbat (Dhawalagiri, Western Zone) are compelled to go to bushes and jungle, 30 minutes walk from the school, to defecate as there is no [proper] toilets in the school. [T]he two chambered toilet constructed in the school some 28 years ago is dilapidated.

Principal of the school Dal Bahadur Chhetri said, “Students of primary level defecate in the school premises as they cannot walk to the jungle for toilet purposes and the school staffs clean the filth.” He told that the school has not been able to construct new toilets due to financial crisis.

Source: Nepal Samacharpatra / NGO Forum, 19 Sep 2008