Last Updated on: 1 March 2005
With his annual income of Rs. 40,000 (US$ 920), Menandbhai managed to construct a “pucca” tworoom house in place of the ancestral “kuchha” one. When he was told that agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), were constructing sanitation infrastructure in his village, as part of the European Commission-funded “Multi Sector Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Programme” (MSRRP) in Kutch, he decided to add a toilet and bathroom to the house, at a cost of Rs. 8000 (US$ 177). Karmaben’s excitement knew no bounds. She told her son, “My life would improve if a toilet is constructed.”