Emami Ltd has decided to take up a Rs 15-crore sanitation project in the rural areas of West Bengal, Odisha, Assam and Uttarakhand.
In a statement, the company said under the three-year project, it would spend Rs 5 crore for West Bengal, Rs 4 crore each for Orissa and Assam, as well as Rs 2 crore for Uttarakhand.
Under this project, bio-toilets, developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), would be built in the four States where the company operates in. Emami also plans to launch an awareness campaign for good hygiene, cleanliness and sanitation.
“We feel that bio-toilets are the perfect way to bring about a clean revolution in rural India to achieve the target of ending open defecation in the country a reality,” said Sushil Goenka, Managing Director of Emami.