People in Gujarat prefer mobile phones to toilets inside the house

Gujarat is one of the states that have given preference to cellphones rather than toilets inside the house. As per a survey, it is revealed that far more people in Gujarat have access to a cellphone than to a toilet. These are the findings of the Sample Registration System-Baseline Survey (SRS) 2014 - 98.3% of the people in the state have mobile connections and only 69.8% have toilets in their homes.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 24 June 2016.

As per the April 2016 figures released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the state of Gujarat has 6.18 crore mobile connections, against the population of 6.04 crore as determined by the 2011 census. And, among the 6.18 crore cellphone users, 23% have internet facilities. Mobile phones have penetrated areas where even landlines have not. Even an Adivasi in a remote area finds a cellphone to be a good means to communicate.
In spite of the Rs 12000 available from the government to construct toilets in the house, not many people are coming forward to do so and, those who do so, rarely use them. Obviously, the basic culture and mindset of people need to change and mere slogans like 'swatchh bharat' will not help the cause.


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