Tata To Build Toilets for Rural Population in India

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Tata To Build Toilets for Rural Population in India

Corporates to Help Build Toilets For School Girls,Rural Population After Priministers Call to Action

Tata Consultancy Services (NSE: TCS), India's biggest technology services company, and Bharti Enterprises, parent firm of Bharti Airtel, the country's largest wireless provider, will spend 1 billion rupees each ($16.5 million), to build toilets for schoolgirls and people in rural areas.

The companies said in separate statements that they are responding to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to corporations in the country step up and share the responsibility of a "Clean India" initiative the federal government is expected to launch on Oct. 2.

Indian companies should use their ‘corporate social responsibility' budgets to prioritize toilets for schoolgirls, he said. "All schools in the country should have toilets with separate toilets for girls. Only then will our daughters not be compelled to leave schools midway."

Bharti Enterprises will spend up to 1 billion rupees over the next three years through its development arm, Bharti Foundation, to improve rural household sanitation and build toilets for girls in government schools,according to a statement. TCS said it will build 10,000 toilets in schools in India.

Source: International Business Times

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