August 2, 2015 1:04 PM

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Less than 50% of Anganwadi Centers have toilets: Ministry report

According to Women and Child Development Ministry, less than fifty per cent of the Anganwadi Centers in the country have toilets. The data provided by the Ministry shows that out of around 12 lakh 74 thousand Anganwadi Centers only around 6 lakh 29 thousand Centers have toilets. The Ministry said more than 20,000 were built under Swachh Bharat Mission over the past one year. Delhi, Chandigarh, Lakshadweep, Uttrakhand and Nagaland have Anganwadi Centers with hundred percent toilets facilities. <br/><br/>According to state-wise data, there are 12 states where less than 50 per cent of Anganwadi Centers have toilets. These include Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Odhisha, Rajasthan and West Bengal.<br/><br/>

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