The Hindu 20.11.2010
Rally marks World Toilet Day
TIRUCHI: A large number of volunteers and members of women's self-help groups and associations for water, sanitation and hygiene took out an awareness rally in the city on Friday as part of the World Toilet Day observation.
The rally, organised by the Gramalaya, a city-based voluntary organisation, Arghyam and Water.org, was intended to sensitise people to toilet usage, faecal and waterborne diseases and ecological sanitation. The rally, taken out around the Chinthamani area, was flagged off by Mahesan Kasirajan, Collector, in the presence of Corporation Commissioner T.T.Balsamy and other officials.S.Damodaran, country director, Water.org, said eco-san toilets was the best option for people living in both water-logging and drought prone areas.
