These Indian women's toilets were 'stolen' and they want it back

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In a country where toilets are yet to find their way into every house, the facility has been 'stolen' from a mother-daughter-in-law duo.
In a country where toilets are yet to find their way into every house, the facility has been "stolen" from a mother-daughter-in-law duo.

75-years-old Bela Bai Patel and her daughter-in-law Chandabai lodged a police complaint with the police station once they discovered the anomaly.

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Published: Mon 22 May 2017, 8:00 PM

Last updated: Mon 22 May 2017, 11:09 PM

This is no ordinary crime. In a country where toilets are yet to find their way into every house, the facility has been "stolen" from a mother-daughter-in-law duo.
According to a report in The Indian Express, the women--residents of a Chhattisgarh village--approached the police after they discovered that two toilets promised to them under the Indian government's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan scheme were shown as constructed on paper, but didn't exist in reality.
75-years-old Bela Bai Patel and her daughter-in-law Chandabai lodged a police complaint with the police station once they discovered the anomaly.
A report in the HindustanTimes also mentioned Chandabai as saying that Rs12,000 (Dh682) was released in her name as mentioned in the employment guarantee programme in 2015-16 meant for the construction of a toilet inside her house.
 
 


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