India to spend $30 billion for improved sanitation
December 12, 2014 11:00 pm
• Last Updated: December 12, 2014 11:16 pm
An Indian man brushes his teeth using a neem, or native Indian tree, stick as others attend to their morning chores next to a sewage canal before they leave for work Friday morning in New Delhi. India is considered to have the world's worst sanitation record, with some 69 percent of the 1.2 billion population still defecating in the open. The government is now gearing up to spend about $30 billion to tackle the country's sanitation and garbage troubles, a key issue for new Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his first year in office.
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