Students of IIM-A are helping this Gujarat village market toilets to tribals, villagers
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In the last one year, more than 20 teams of students from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, have studied
The state rural department has accepted most of these recommendations, officials said and thus a large-scale sanitation awareness is in place as of the moment.
ET reviewed a copy of the suggestions made by the students after their three-month field study in 20 villages mostly with a significant proportion of tribal communities.
These include reaching out more to the 'worst violators' — mostly men over 50 who oppose
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Students have made some interesting suggestions to overcome such hindrances. Instead of 'name and shame', the expert groups have suggested a 'name and fame' campaign wherein people are incentivised to use toilets and honoured for doing so. The
They have also called for a friendlier campaign that won't bombard people with the same information, but increase involvement of panchayat machinery. They have suggested that the government is more flexible in allowing local customisations and beliefs in the construction of toilets, and have given recommendations to push companies to build toilets as part of their corporate social responsibility.
Image credit: Indiatimes
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