Goanetter Rajan Parrikar frequently bemoans Goa becoming an open toilet just like the rest of India. His observation has now been re-inforced with numbers in an article in the Times of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-loses-Rs-24000cr-annually-due -to-lack-of-toilets-hygiene-World-Bank/articleshow/7135478.cms The following is striking estimate with regard to so called global superpower: Quote World Bank officials estimate there are 4.5 lakh deaths out of 57.5 crore cases of diarrhoea every year and a large segment of the country's 1.20 crore population defecates in the open. Unquote. Roland.
