◆80% rural households have electricity， 59% no toilets
【New Delhi】Data released by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, showed "59.4 percent and 8.8 percent households in rural India and urban India, respectively, had no latrine facilities".
However 80 per cent of rural households and 97.9 per cent urban households had electricity for domestic use, and 88.5 per cent households in rural India and 95.3 per cent in urban areas had improved source of drinking water.
More than 66 years after Independence almost 60 percent of people staying in rural India do not have access to latrine facilities and have to defecate in the open. The situation has been pointed out by various organisations as a serious health hazard, especially for women and children.
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