5.5 lakh individual toilets to be built in 110 municipalities

Andhra Pradesh Municipal Administration Minister P Narayana said here today that the state government plans to construct 5.5 lakh individual toilets in 110 municipalities in the state for families.
The government also plans to involve Self Help Groups (SHGs) in construction of toilets as one more step towards women's empowerment.
Interacting with women SHGs at the Andhra University Convocation Hall here today, Narayana said that besides toilets, the government also plans to entrust to SHGs the maintenance of 150 generic medical stores to be opened shortly in Andhra Pradesh to boost income of SHGs.
The minister said that there were 38 lakh houses in 110 urban local bodies in AP, out of which 5.5 lakh families don't have toilets.

In the first phase, the government plans to construct 2.5 lakh toilets by June 2015, he said.
The government would supply raw material like cement, iron and others to SHGs and students of civil engineering colleges in the state, who would extend help to SHGs to construct toilets by June 2015.
HRD Minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao that the government has allocated Rs 4,000 crore to be disbursed towards waiver of DWACRA loans.