Eco India: Why India's status as 'open defecation free' is far from the truth

Every week, Eco India brings you stories that inspire you to build a cleaner, greener and better tomorrow. Functioning toilets are more than a convenience: they are vital to public health. About a quarter of India’s population lives without regular access to sanitary facilities. One social enterprise is working to change that, with smart public toilets that improve hygiene and restore dignity to the urban poor. ********** CREDITS: Supervising Producer: Nooshin Mowla Script & Field Producer: Juhi Chaudhary Video Editor: Sujit Lad Associate Producer: Ipsita Basu Director of Photography: Siddharth Subramaniam ********** Eco India is a co-production between DW and Scroll.in. You can watch the full episodes on https://scroll.in/topic/56120/eco-india Join the discussion here -   / ecoindia   Subscribe to get the latest episodes of Eco India - https://bit.ly/2M9WTXn For more explainers, and the web’s most interesting videos - https://scroll.in/video/ For the latest news and analysis - https://scroll.in Support our award-winning journalism by making a financial contribution towards the Scroll Ground Reporting Fund - https://scroll.in/contribute Follow Scroll.in here - Facebook:   / scroll.in   Twitter:   / scroll_in   Instagram:   / scroll_in   Mastodon: https://masthead.social/@Scroll

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