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Centre joins hands with Gates for universal sanitation

Centre joins hands with Gates for universal sanitation

by The Daily Eye Team November 4 2014, 7:39 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 31 secs

With the objective of addressing sanitation related health concerns, the Urban Development Ministry and the Bill & Milinda Gates Foundation have agreed on a partnership to promote user friendly toilets to ensure universal sanitation in the country.

During a meeting with Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu in New Delhi, Mr. Gates enquired about the government’s sanitation initiatives.

Mr. Naidu apprised Gates about the government’s initiatives to ensure housing for all by 2022 and that ‘Swachchh Bharat Mission’ would be launched on October 2 this year, under which every household is to be enabled with toilet facility by 2019.

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