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Waiting for the right moment to construct

Written by Sara Publish date 21-Feb-2018
Swapna's new toilet plot
Swapna's new toilet plot

There was a mountain of bricks and woods properly arranged before the house. Swapna was cleaning her kitchen at the time when I went to visit her. She kept away the mop when she saw the branch officer who was leading the way. She quickly went inside from the kitchen to open the common room door and let us in. Her son was in the sitting room getting ready to go to work. Her husband had already left for work to their furniture store early in the morning. There was a toilet on the side of the house. She had applied loan for reconstructing the toilet but when I asked her, "Is this the toilet that you applied the sanitation loan for?" she said,"Since we are planning to construct more rooms in the house, the mason told us it will be better to construct a new attached toilet and bathroom inside the house instead of repairing the old one". So they deposited the loan amount in their bank account which will be used for constructing an attached bathroom and toilet inside the room once the house construction plan is passed by the municipality. She said that the construction plan has been submitted and are waiting for it to get passed. She was excited about constructing a new toilet and bathroom in the house. She showed me the land where they are planning to construct the toilet and bathroom."All the raw materials needed for the construction is ready. You can see it yourself" said she while showing the way out. The loan may not have been utilized yet but when the construction plan gets passed, it will be used for constructing a new bathroom and toilet. She is thankful to all who have supported her and her family to be able to construct a new sanitation facility in their home.

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