Makeshift lavatories on Tikri Border to end sanitation woes
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Makeshift lavatories on Tikri Border to end sanitation woes
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Mandi Ahmedgarh, January 7To provide better civic amenities to protesting farmers, some farmers of Brahampur village in Ludhiana district have started erecting lavatories at various places on Tikri Border.While volunteers, led by Bhartia Kissan Union (Ekta-Ugrahan) office-bearers Balwinder Singh Billu and Mistry Avtar Singh, have been camping on Tikri Border to undertake fabrication of first lot of ten lavatories, NRIs Anand Pal Singh Lail and Harbans Singh have come forward to give fiscal support to the initiative.Gurjit Singh Victor, coordinator of the event, said the decision to erect lavatories on Tikri Border was taken after women protesters experienced problems during their stay there. “Having received inputs about problems being faced by protestors in general and womenin particular, we decided to erect ten combo setsof lavatories each consisting a toilet and a washroom,” said Victor, maintaining that raw material and equipment required for the purpose wastaken to the spot from the local area.Victor said work on erection of more lavatories would be continued for which an amount of Rs 5 lakh had been earmarked.Organisers have also deployed volunteers who would keep the lavatories clean and fresh besides ensuring availability of water, soap and other materials required for hygienic maintenance of the paraphernalia.
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The Tribune
Date
2021-01-08