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The status of the Basic Services to the Poor in India

The situation of sewerage and sanitation is perhaps the worst among all basic amenities. At the country level, 54.4% slums do not have any toilet facility. (NSSO 1993).
As is the case with other amenities, there are considerable variations in access across states. Thus Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, U.P., Bihar, Orissa, M.P., Karnataka, Goa and Tamil Nadu have more than 50% populations not covered by toilet facilities while West Bengal, Maharashtra have less than 25% slum population not covered by toilets.
There are variations in availability of amenities across the size of cities too. Thus, except for Delhi, Surat and Indore all million-plus cities have covered more than 70% slums through toilet facilities.
The presence of toilet facilities in million plus cities however, does not mean adequate access. There is a tremendous dependence on public / shared toilets with ratio of persons per toilet seat ranging from 56:1 to 273:1 in a city like Mumbai. (YUVA and Watson, 2001). The situation is further worsened due to the poor level of maintenance of available facilities which renders many toilet seats useless.

This is just a mild one.
You haven't seen the real toilets.
I will get some PIX next time I am there,

This Statistics is for SLUMS ! not for entire Population in TN !

This is just a mild one.
You haven't seen the real toilets.
I will get some PIX next time I am there,

70% tamil nadu is slum area loser anway it does not say it is only slums hoo hoo your house also looks like a slum to me

Once I visited the home of a university lecturer in Chithambaram, TN and I was taken aback to see the amount of grabage that have just been dumped in the back yard. That was the day I was truly convinced that cleanliness/ proper waste disposal has no place in Indian culture/ mindset. Education has not been able to change some of their primitive traits!