Tanahun: Locals of Panibote village of Tanahun Vyas-5, who previously defecated in the open, have constructed concrete toilets in their temporary houses.
A local Jit Bahadur Bote told that the Woman Development [Committee], municipality and District Development Committee provided materials worth Rs. 2000 [US$ 27] per house to construct the toilets. The village was declared an open defecation free village [in 2007] after the construction of toilets in all the 27 households of the village. “We have arranged bricks, gravels and sand ourselves. It had cost Rs. 9,000 [US$ 120] to construct a toilet,” said a local Som Bahadur Bote.
Source: Kantipur / NGO Forum, 04 Oct 2008
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