The district administration has appealed villagers to use the newly constructed toilets.
People have been warned against relieving themselves in the open. (Representational Image)
Muzaffarnagar: Villagers in Jamalpur here will face legal action if caught defecating in the open.
The district administration has appealed the villagers to use the newly constructed toilets and not to defecate in open and warned that legal action would be taken against those relieve in open, Additional District Magistrate Sunil Kumar said.
The step came after some people of the village complained to the authorities that some locals are not using the toilets and relieve in open, he said.
Though state and Central governments have been paying special attention for the construction of Individual Sanitary Latrines in a big way, beneficiaries are not utilising them and continuing open defecation in most of the villages across India.
( Source : PTI )
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