{"id":33768,"date":"2020-11-19T05:25:17","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T05:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=33768"},"modified":"2020-11-19T05:25:18","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T05:25:18","slug":"world-toilet-day-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/world-toilet-day-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"World Toilet Day 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>World Toilet Day is observed on 19 November each year to create awareness about sanitation and encourage people to use toilets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key-Points<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The theme of this year&#8217;s World Toilet Day is sustainable sanitation and climate change. Severe effects of climate change like floods, drought and rising sea levels are threatening sanitation systems and increasing health risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Safe and hygienic toilets form the strongest defence mechanism against COVID19 and other diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the last few years, India has taken remarkable steps to inculcate the practice of safe and hygienic sanitation behaviour under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This drive not only changed the age-old habits of millions of people, but also increased their productivity while protecting them from diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also paved the way for construction of over 11 crore household toilets and conversion of more than six lakh villages into open defecation free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Toilet Day is observed on 19 November each year to create awareness about sanitation and encourage people to use toilets. 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