74 percent households lack toilet

Thusday, 28 January 2010


Surkhet: A report made public by the Regional Monitoring and Supervision Office under the Department of Water Supply and Sewerage (DWSS) has pointed out that only 26 percent of the total households in the mid-western region have toilets. The report points out lack of sanitation facilities and safe drinking water as the main reason behind frequent epidemic outbreaks in the region.

According to the report made public on January 22, only 153,117 out of total 591,077 households in the mid-western region have toilets. Kalikot has the lowest number of toilets. Of the total 16,725 households in Kalikot, only nine percent have toilets.


According to the report, Jumla has the highest number of toilets. Over 35 percent households in Jumla have toilets. Similarly, 66 percent households in Surkhet lack toilets. Prem Krishna Shrestha, divisional engineer at DWSS, points out sanitation as a major problem in the mid west.






(Source: Nagarik, January 25, 2010 )