Ajit Sahu, Ghaghra(Gumla)
This is the second part of the story of toilet in Gumla. How much corruption has taken place in toilet construction? If this is investigated, then action is certain against the chiefs along with the senior officials of the district. Today in Toilet Katha there is a report from Ghaghra block. In the villages of Ghaghra block, half-completed toilets have been built and abandoned. Under compulsion, people are keeping wood or scrap items in the toilet. Whereas the women and men of the village are forced to defecate in the open. 13 thousand toilets were built in 18 panchayats of Ghaghra block, but toilets are missing from many villages. In the villages where many toilets have been built, they are also incomplete.
Due to this it is not being used. 20 percent of the people of the village are repairing the government toilets at their own expense and using them. No toilet in Banshitoli village: When ground reporting was done regarding toilets in Banshitoli village of Jalka, it was found that no people in the village use toilets. The reason is that the toilet is not built properly. The money for the toilet was distributed in some way or the other.
Let it be known that construction of toilets started under the Swachh Bharat Mission scheme from 2016, and by 2018-19, about 13 thousand toilets were built in 18 panchayats of Ghaghra block. In many villages toilets were not built and money was withdrawn. Phulo Devi and Bando Devi told that when the toilet was being built, we had said that the toilet was not being built in a good manner. The money allocated by the government for toilets. If we give that money to the beneficiaries, then we will work on our own and invest some money to make it better, but no official listened to us.