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It says exactly what we keep saying.","date":"Jun 09, 2014","timeToRead":2,"description":"","body":"function _extends() { _extends = Object.assign || function (target) { for (var i = 1; i < arguments.length; i++) { var source = arguments[i]; for (var key in source) { if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(source, key)) { target[key] = source[key]; } } } return target; }; return _extends.apply(this, arguments); }\n\nfunction _objectWithoutProperties(source, excluded) { if (source == null) return {}; var target = _objectWithoutPropertiesLoose(source, excluded); var key, i; if (Object.getOwnPropertySymbols) { var sourceSymbolKeys = Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(source); for (i = 0; i < sourceSymbolKeys.length; i++) { key = sourceSymbolKeys[i]; if (excluded.indexOf(key) >= 0) continue; if (!Object.prototype.propertyIsEnumerable.call(source, key)) continue; target[key] = source[key]; } } return target; }\n\nfunction _objectWithoutPropertiesLoose(source, excluded) { if (source == null) return {}; var target = {}; var sourceKeys = Object.keys(source); var key, i; for (i = 0; i < sourceKeys.length; i++) { key = sourceKeys[i]; if (excluded.indexOf(key) >= 0) continue; target[key] = source[key]; } return target; }\n\n/* @jsxRuntime classic */\n\n/* @jsx mdx */\nvar _frontmatter = {\n  \"title\": \"This article was not based on the SQUAT survey. It says exactly what we keep saying.\",\n  \"date\": \"2014-06-09\",\n  \"template\": \"post\",\n  \"slug\": \"this-article-was-not-based-on-the-squat-survey-it-says-exactly-what-we-keep-saying\",\n  \"postedLink\": \"https://riceinstitute.org/blog/this-article-was-not-based-on-the-squat-survey-it-says-exactly-what-we-keep-saying/\",\n  \"old-tags\": [\"in-the-news\"],\n  \"description\": \"\",\n  \"tags\": \"Blog Post\",\n  \"banner\": \"\"\n};\nvar layoutProps = {\n  _frontmatter: _frontmatter\n};\nvar MDXLayout = \"wrapper\";\nreturn function MDXContent(_ref) {\n  var components = _ref.components,\n      props = _objectWithoutProperties(_ref, [\"components\"]);\n\n  return mdx(MDXLayout, _extends({}, layoutProps, props, {\n    components: components,\n    mdxType: \"MDXLayout\"\n  }), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Pritha Chatterjee \", mdx(\"a\", {\n    parentName: \"p\",\n    \"href\": \"http://indianexpress.com/article/india/uttar-pradesh/going-to-toilet-in-katra-sadatganj/99/\",\n    \"target\": \"_blank\",\n    \"rel\": \"noopener noreferrer\"\n  }, \"has an amazing report in the Indian Express from the area in Uttar Pradesh where horrible violence on young girls was reported in the media recently\"), \".\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"I do like it. We ourselves found many of these things in our surveys, and here are a couple of paragraphs that could well have been from the switching study or the SQUAT survey:\"), mdx(\"blockquote\", null, mdx(\"p\", {\n    parentName: \"blockquote\"\n  }, \"\\\"It was in 2002 that the last survey to identify BPL families for the Indira Awaas Yojana was carried out in the village. Pradhan Kamal Kant admits that many villagers like Bhajan Singh who were sanctioned money for a room and a toilet under the programme never actually constructed the toilets. Of those who did, still fewer use them.\"), mdx(\"p\", {\n    parentName: \"blockquote\"\n  }, \"Ram Awas says he could spare money only for a simple hole encircled by a little cemented area for squatting. \\u201CPeople said there was no point using the hole as a toilet because it would fill up. So I started keeping cowdung cakes in the hole,\\u201D he says.\"), mdx(\"p\", {\n    parentName: \"blockquote\"\n  }, \"Bal Ram lives in a hut made of straw and hay. But in the courtyard, there is a toilet made of bricks, built from money allocated through the government programme in 2012. In the four years since it was built, it has been used mostly as a chulha (stove) or a room where neighbouring women gather to chat in the afternoons. Only about a few months ago did Ram\\u2019s wife Kamla Devi start using it, but only for urination.\"), mdx(\"p\", {\n    parentName: \"blockquote\"\n  }, \"\\u201CWe have never done our business inside the home,\\u201D she explains. \\u201CWhat if the men hear us? Now, after so many years, I have mastered the courage to go there sometimes. But I cannot imagine defecating inside. It is too shameful to do it inside the home.\\u201D The men of the house always go to the fields.\"), mdx(\"p\", {\n    parentName: \"blockquote\"\n  }, \"Kamal Kant has a toilet at his home, built with his own money years ago. A Brahmin, he says the reluctance to use toilets is not defined by caste but by education. \\u201CWhether it\\u2019s Brahmins, Yadavs, SCs or OBCs, you will find toilets being used to store utensils or other household objects. People here have no or very little schooling. Many women come up to me fearfully requesting a toilet, but the men of the house take the decisions. They will use their finances to build rooms, but not a toilet because they don\\u2019t feel the need for it,\\u201D he says.\")), mdx(\"p\", null, \"We don't agree with the Kamal Kant, though. We found a lot of educated people defecating in the open and defending it. But thats okay. 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