This is something that you won’t hear every day. An unusual incident happened in the Dungarpur District of the state of Rajasthan where a man sold out his goat and mortgaged his wife’s gold jewellery to complete the construction of a toilet in his house. He said he is highly inspired by the Swatch Bharat Abhiyaan. He is daily wager named Kanti Lal Rot who lives in a thatched house with his wife, mother, children and the widow of his brother. He started the construction when he was informed about the Clean India Campaign by the local activists and was told that he would be paid Rs. 4000 from the government if he successfully constructs a toilet in his house.
“He started digging work all by himself and constructed a structure with the help of some labourers after he got the first installment. The amount he got was spent in construction work. When he had no money to pay labourers, he sold one of his five goats for Rs 5000 and mortgaged silver ornaments of his wife and made the payment,” K K Gupta, Vice Chairman of Muncipality Dungarpur, said.
The chairman also gave him 4000 rupees and asked him to get back the gold ornaments he had mortgaged for the toilet construction.
