Travel tips - This hygeinic village will amaze you

Here is a village in Maharashtra which will change our perception of Indian villages forever.

We think Indian villages lack proper sanitation and clean. With clean roads, good sanitation and exemplary waste management, the village Tamnath near Karjat, Maharashtra is a perfect example of how a collaborative effort by a community can change things for good.

Tamnath is really clean and had no plastic bags strewn around. The village also focused on sanitation and had achieved 98% sanitation People of this village in general have a sense of hygiene. Also, the Sarpanch (The head of the village) is very particular about sanitation. So he gives a subsidy to anyone who wants to build a toilet at home.

The villagers themselves took the responsibility to not litter at all and so there isn't much of a need to clean up every day. The Sarpanch is very proud of the cleanliness and sanitation standards of the village.

He encourages every girl of the village to not marry a guy who doesn't have a toilet at home, even if her parents are forcing her. He suggests that the girls ask the groom's family for a toilet at home, if they wish to marry their son to the girl. The most stunning thing is that they have a wall of shame on which they put the names of the villagers who go for open defecation. The lines written on the wall mean that these particular villagers endanger the health of the entire village!