Swachh Bharat Mission has benefited the poor and the women most.
Challenges
Sanitation is the basic need of human beings. Despite the widely accepted fact related to the critical importance of sanitation and personal hygiene, the sanitation coverage in India was low compared to other nations.
This was severely affecting the health and dignity of people in rural areas, especially women and children.
Due to lack of toilets, women and girls felt a sense of helplessness and fear, sometimes even shame, when taking care of their sanitation needs in the open.
They would deliberately limit their intake of water ....
