Marriage and Toilets

The Minister's approach is welcome and it should be taken seriously by all right thinking citizens. People are able to have a mobile phone but they are prepared to live without a toilet, the very basic necessity. In fact Minister deserves applause for openly pleading and compelling people to have more of toilet facilities which are very essential and a must to maintain personal and society hygene. Most of the cities and important pilgrim centres have no toilet facilities and people use public road and gardens for easing themselves. Even in Mumbai one can see people ease themselves in Race course in the morning hours as there are no toilets anywhere near. One wonders with all developments, improved GDP growth and growing literacy standards how people are tolerating the apathy on the part of administration to provide common toilets in public places. The Minister can even take some initiative to have a RTTF ie right to have toilet facility like RTE, bill passed in Parliament. The schools and colleges also should consider to educate people on this issue. Nothing wrong in that Society and the people should remain clean.(This comment in response to Miniter Jayaram Ramesh appeal to brides to insist for Toilets as a condition to get married appeared in Times of India dated 20/10/12) Dr.T.V.Gopalakrishnan