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The Department of Sociology of Pondicherry University conducted a Swachh Rapid Rural Appraisal (SRRA) on October 1 on the eve of Gandhi Jayanthi in consonance with the Swachh Puducherry movement. The SRRA comprising Swachh Village Walk-Through Survey (SVWTS) and Swachh Village Household Survey (SVHS) was carried out with twin objectives of identifying the prevailing Swacch issues and predicaments as well as inquiring into the social factors antithetical to the civic cleanliness in Pillaichavadi village.
The SVWTS revealed that around 30 percent did not have toilet facilities and people disposed garbage on the streets or into the...