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Make toilets before temples: Narendra Modi tells students in Delhi. (link)
He and other politicians should have thought about this long back and taken action, not just giving speeches.
When our current Rural development Minister said this sometime back, the BJP and everybody else abused him.(link)
He is a Minister now. Is he taking any action about this now?
No, this is not a political post! This is a 'toilet post', you can say! I remember even our Tamilnadu CM talking about building toilets in every area in the city first and then expand it to other areas in Tamilnadu. I see some toilets on the roadsides nowadays. But they are not maintained properly, I could see. And our people don't bother to look for a cover for urinating. They are not ashamed and not bothered about cleanliness. They prefer to just relieve themselves wherever they feel like doing it.
I had written about this in my post of our Srirangam temple visit. I noticed toilets in many areas surrounding the temple. But some men were urinating on the wall of the toilet, outside the toilet. Maybe because the toilets were 'paid toilets'. We had to pay 50p to 1Re. for using it! But I was told that they had free toilets too! But who bothers? Even youngsters don't bother to 'look' for toilets. And Chennai's climate is hot, nearly throughout the year...still... How come women control this 'problem'? When women can control, why can't men?
Recently, I went to the Ashtalakshmi temple in Besant Nagar, Chennai. The entrance itself is stinking. We went early in the morning. A busload of people descended in front of us at the entrance. It was an 'Amaavaasya' day (New moon day, which is very auspicious here). They went straight to the beach in front of the temple. I was told that they take head bath and then visit this temple. They didn't use the toilets which was very very close to the temple first. And look at the toilets:
Make toilets before temples: Narendra Modi tells students in Delhi. (link)
He and other politicians should have thought about this long back and taken action, not just giving speeches.
When our current Rural development Minister said this sometime back, the BJP and everybody else abused him.(link)
He is a Minister now. Is he taking any action about this now?
No, this is not a political post! This is a 'toilet post', you can say! I remember even our Tamilnadu CM talking about building toilets in every area in the city first and then expand it to other areas in Tamilnadu. I see some toilets on the roadsides nowadays. But they are not maintained properly, I could see. And our people don't bother to look for a cover for urinating. They are not ashamed and not bothered about cleanliness. They prefer to just relieve themselves wherever they feel like doing it.
I had written about this in my post of our Srirangam temple visit. I noticed toilets in many areas surrounding the temple. But some men were urinating on the wall of the toilet, outside the toilet. Maybe because the toilets were 'paid toilets'. We had to pay 50p to 1Re. for using it! But I was told that they had free toilets too! But who bothers? Even youngsters don't bother to 'look' for toilets. And Chennai's climate is hot, nearly throughout the year...still... How come women control this 'problem'? When women can control, why can't men?
Recently, I went to the Ashtalakshmi temple in Besant Nagar, Chennai. The entrance itself is stinking. We went early in the morning. A busload of people descended in front of us at the entrance. It was an 'Amaavaasya' day (New moon day, which is very auspicious here). They went straight to the beach in front of the temple. I was told that they take head bath and then visit this temple. They didn't use the toilets which was very very close to the temple first. And look at the toilets:
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| The Ashtalakshmi temple, Besant Nagar. |
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| The 'New' toilet! |
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| The 'old' toilet, but it is not demolished before building the new one! And this is standing very close to the temple! |
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| The temple is facing this area...Besant Nagar beach! The whole area is stinking. |
