The government scheme that facilitated their mass wedding fashioned them in another peculiar way: selfies of grooms-to-be standing inside toilets as proofs attached with application forms. And now, the unwritten norm hitherto prevalent in rural areas of taking the selfies has forayed into a city where the civic body is supposed to physically verify toilets. “I don’t even take my phone inside toilets,” said Abid Khan*, 23, a resident of a slum near the State Secretariat. In villages, the Chief Medical Officer has to verify toilets, in cities, ward incharges have to do the job. “Officials are shying away from their duty to verify toilets themselves.

Source: The Hindu October 11, 2019 11:26 UTC