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New Delhi, 5 nov (EFE).-a district of the Western region of india authorities of Jaipur have decided to put security guards armed with whistles and drums to persecute anyone who urinate or defecate in public, it was reported today to Efe a source official.

the initiative will be developed from the week that comes in 34 municipalities in the District of Jhunjhunu, with a population of about 300,000 people, and aims to curb a habit practiced around the half of the population of the giant Asian.

” everyone should build a toilet at home or failing to use public toilets “, explained the Chief Administrative District of Jhunjhunu, Yogaram Yangid.

according to Yangid, in each township four or five volunteers are responsible for playing music by villages and towns along to their needs in public, which is used to identify then announce their names in public.

“Outdoors defecation occurs above all to first thing in the morning, so it is in this strip of the day when volunteers will be more alert”, said Yangid.

source added that started a discussion with the local community and the initiative, which will begin to be applied during the festival of Diwali (a kind of”Christmas”hindu), is reaping at the moment a”mixed reaction”.

according to Yangid, the authorities of Jhunjhunu began a few months ago a program to subsidize the construction of 10,000 toilets in their homes and 50 municipalities in the district to poor families already they are considered”free of defecation in public”.

the Indian Government has promoted various programs for years with the objective to end outdoors defecation, but still around half of the 1,210 million inhabitants, especially in rural areas, they still have this habit.

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