Gramalaya, the rural development NGO in Tamil Nadu, India, is focusing its World Water Day event on 22 March 2008 on sanitation. More than 25,000 women from 500 villages and slums of Tiruchirappalli District along with elected representatives, Government officials and bankers will participate in the activities at the Gramalaya Training Centre at Kolakkudipatti.

Gramalaya will announce three rural blocks consisting of 429 villages of Thottiayam, T.Pet, Thuraiyur Block as open defecation free villages. Apart from this, 186 slums in the City Corporation of Tiruchirappalli will be announced as open defecation free slums.

Contact: Gramalaya, India, gramalaya@airtelbroadband.in, http://gramalaya.org/

Source: Gramalaya, Word Water Day site, 22 Feb 2008

Tags: gender, information and communication, sanitation