MP tribal woman mortgages jewellery to build toilet
Thursday - November 16, 2017 3:16 pm ,
Category : HEALTH
Dewas (Madhya Pradesh) Nov 16 (IANS) Inspired by the central government s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan a tribal woman in this Madhya Pradesh district mortgaged her jewellery to build a toilet in her house.
Annapurna Bai lives in Amodiya village with four children including two daughters and her husband a labourer. She says she did not like defecating in the open so without waiting for government funds to arrive she raised a loan against her jewellery to construct the toilet.
Annapurna Bai has inspired other families in the village which has a population of around 630 people to build toilets with many already on the job.
--IANS
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