Young Entrepreneurs Take on India’s Sanitation Woes With Low Carbon Public Toilets

Young Entrepreneurs Take on India’s Sanitation Woes With Low Carbon Public Toilets
Ashwini Agarwal (R) and Sahaj Umang Singh of Basic SHIT organization in their studio in Narojini in New Delhi on Nov. 30, 2021. Venus Upadhayaya/Epoch Times
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NEW DELHI—A group of young social entrepreneurs is trying to solve some pertinent sanitation problems in India by building public toilets with materials that lower carbon emissions.

Ashwini Agarwal, 31, was a student at the Delhi College of Art and Commerce when he made his first public toilet in 2015 outside one of India’s largest public hospitals, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). The hospital was adjacent to another big hospital, The Safdarjung, and the bus stops outside the hospitals were always crowded.

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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.
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