Gorakhpur, July 16, 2020: Half a dozen women in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have left their husbands’ homes that lacked toilets.
The incidents occurred in the Jagdishpur village in Kushinagar district, said officials.
The village is located in a low-lying area and suffers from heavy water logging during the rainy season, greatly inconveniencing the women without toilet facilities in their homes, they said.
Taking cognizance of the incidents, the authorities, however, have already arranged for the construction of a public toilet in the village, they added.
Asked about the incidents, Kushinagar’s Chief Development Officer Anand Kumar said, “The issue of women leaving homes due to toilets in Jagdishpur village has come to our cognizance after the district panchayti raj officer (DPRO) visited the village and met the families not having toilets.”
“Toilets have already been constructed for those whose names were there in the government list. Toilets are being arranged also for the families not having the facility. The construction of a public toilet has already started in the village,” the officer said.
DPRO Raghvendra Dwivedi had visited the village a week ago to inspect the construction of the toilet in the village.
The village head, Ram Naresh Yadav, also said toilets were not constructed in some houses as their owners’ names were not in the list.
All the women who left their in-laws’ places were married within the last two years.
As per villagers, they had demanded toilet constructions before or soon after their marriages, a condition which was not met in many cases.
Due to heavy rains this year, they were facing problems in going out of their houses, so they left their husbands’ homes.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/uttar-pradesh-six-women-return-to-parents-due-to-lack-of-toilets-in-in-laws-house-2264133