NEW DELHI: Volunteers in India armed with drums and whistles are to lead a crackdown on going to the toilet in public under a new scheme in the western state of Rajasthan, a report said yesterday.
“We are constructing public toilets... and people will be encouraged to use them,” Ramniwas Jat, head of the state’s Jhunjhunu district council, told a local newspaper. “We want to raise awareness against the practice of urinating in public, which gave birth to the idea of beating drums and blowing whistles.”
The newspaper said that volunteers, who will be paid a small wage, would embarrass people caught urinating or defecating by standing behind them and letting loose a barrage of noise.
Guilty parties would also have their names read out on public address systems. Defecating in the open is a serious social issue in India, touching on health, hygiene, women’s rights and the clash between traditional and modern lifestyles.
Indian wardens bang drums to halt going to toilet in public
Indian wardens bang drums to halt going to toilet in public
