Under the auspices of National Green Corps unit of the Kannantheri Panchayat Union Middle School near Makudanchavadi, World Toilet Day was observed on Saturday.
. Chandrasekar, headmaster of the school, presided. He called upon the importance of setting up individual toilets in each and every household.
Subsidy
R. Jayakumar, coordinator of the National Green Corps unit, explained the ill-effects of open defecation. He also explained the grant and subsidy given by the government for the construction of individual toilets and households. The volunteers removed the bushes surrounding the toilets in the school.