Puducherry govt to build toilets for 55,000 households

PUDUCHERRY: The Puducherry government has come up with a £12 million plan to build toilets for 55,000 households in the union territory without the facility under the Swachh Bharath Abhiyan scheme, announced Chief Minister V Narayanasamy. He urged the Prime Minister to make funds available for the scheme during his visit to the Capital, and was given a positive response. Narayanasamy also alleged that the previous AINRC government had not properly implemented the free rice scheme, and had shown interest only in the run up to the May 16 Assembly polls. He detailed the infrastructure facilities planned by the government for rural areas and said he found no difficulty in getting the Centre's cooperation for launching welfare oriented programmes in the union territory.