Dolpa: The staffs of some organizations in Dolpa will have to wash their hands from their job if they do not construct toilet in their house by the end of this fiscal year in mid-July 2009. The meeting of staffs working in Deprox Nepal has decided to request the management not to extend the term of the staffs who do not construct toilet within mid-July.

Similarly, Decade Dolpa has also decided not to extend the term of the staffs if they do not construct toilet within mid-July. The staffs working in these organizations have also agreed to the condition. Chief District Officer Dil Bahadur Ghimire has requested all the staff to construct toilet compulsorily after the District Drinking Water Office requested all offices, schools and organizations to construct toilets to make the district an open defecation free zone.
Meghraj Sapkota, manager at Deprox Nepal told that the organizations have taken this decision as per the request of CDO. According to the statistics, less than 12 percent population in Dolpa use toilet.

Source: Kantipur, April 29, 2009