Six newlywed women in a village in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have returned to their parents because their husbands’ homes had no toilets. The women, all from Khesiya village in Kushinagar district, said they would return only after their husbands had built proper toilets at home. Nearly half of India’s 1.2 billion people have no toilets at home. Campaigners say the problem is acute in rural India and it is the women who suffer most. One of the brides, Gudiya, told BBC Hindi that it was very troublesome to go to the fields. “My parents have a toilet at home, but there is no toilet in my husband Ramesh Sharma’s home. Going outdoors was a big hassle, so I fought with him and returned to my parents.” Neelam Sharma, Sakina, Seeta, Nazrum Nisa and Kalavati are the others who have left their marital homes for the same reason.

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