男友太凶猛1v1高h,大地资源在线资源免费观看 ,人妻少妇精品视频二区,极度sm残忍bdsm变态

  Home>News Center>China
       
 

Toilet renovation starts sanitation revolution
(China Daily)
Updated: 2004-11-11 09:29

Zheng Enguang, 70, a farmer on the rural outskirts of North China's Tianjin Municipality, no longer has to walk some 40 metres to his hutong's public toilet. Using funds from the local government, Zheng has built a bathroom inside his house.

Zheng was among the first group of about 350,000 farmers to benefit from the "Toilet Renovation Project" launched by the local government.

The project, introduced in 2003, is expected to renovate one million latrines or rural toilets in Tianjin's outskirts within three years, helping more than 90 per cent of rural residents to install flush toilets at home.

In China, about 70 per cent of people live either on farms or in villages. No formal waste management systems are in place for these people.

There are approximately 200 million latrines in rural areas in China, which are no more than a pit underneath or a trough running to a storage pit in the corner of courtyards or behind buildings, according to government statistics. This poses a sanitary problem. Health departments and sanitary experts say rural latrines are a breeding ground for infectious diseases.

As part of its effort to improve the living standards of residents, especially sanitation, the Tianjin municipal government has allocated more than 5 million yuan (US$602,409) for the project. The money will provide 50 yuan (US$6) in subsidy for each rural household to renovate their toilets.

Despite the subsidies, it is still not easy to persuade villagers to build new flush toilets, said Zhang Changshan, deputy director of a commission in charge of the city environment.

In the traditional eyes of Chinese farmers, latrines are dirty, filthy things which should not be allowed into their homes.

In Tongjiagou Village of the city's Baodi rural district, the village-level government faced strong opposition when it advised its farmers to renovate their latrines. Many villagers said they felt quite comfortable with their existing traditional ones.

To help change perceptions, the officials invited the villagers to visit homes of the people who had taken advantage of the subsidy. Children were the predominant force in accepting the new style.

"If people didn't want to or had no money to invest, we did not oblige them to do so. It's of their own free will," said Zhang. "But most farmers getting relatively affluent are willing to have a better life environment when they come to realize they can choose one."

Toilet renovation means convenience and hygiene.

Shuigaozhuang Village in the outskirts of Tianjin used to be considerably polluted. Rubbish littered the town and the village had a permanent stench from a pool which had lain abandoned for 40 years.

The local government allocated more than 500,000 yuan (US$60,000) to clean up the pool and planted trees around the bank, transforming it into to a lovely, green park.



 
  Today's Top News     Top China News
 

Nation likely to be 3rd largest trading power

 

   
 

Nutritional imbalance plagues people

 

   
 

Mine blast kills 33, injures 6 in Henan

 

   
 

Coal mining: Most deadly job in China

 

   
 

Shen and Zhao win Cup of China

 

   
 

Consumer price remains stable in October

 

   
  Hu pledges strategic partnership with Brazil
   
  Coal mining: Most deadly job in China
   
  Mine blast kills 33, injures 6 in Henan
   
  Consumer price remains stable in October
   
  Work on anti-trust legislation stepped up
   
  Wen: Nation strengthens ties with Luxembourg
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  Related Stories  
   
Shanghai to make better public toilets
   
Talking Dutch toilets flush with comments
   
Look who has a real potty mouth...
   
Beijing tries to improve loos
  News Talk  
  It is time to prepare for Beijing - 2008  
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 稷山县| 惠安县| 荔波县| 益阳市| 临邑县| 中卫市| 阳曲县| 辽阳县| 康乐县| 巩留县| 响水县| 盐源县| 崇阳县| 桂东县| 阿克陶县| 左云县| 罗江县| 临颍县| 贵州省| 昌江| 莎车县| 松原市| 宝清县| 临朐县| 惠安县| 莎车县| 无为县| 通榆县| 拉萨市| 常德市| 朝阳县| 当雄县| 鞍山市| 萨嘎县| 遂川县| 临夏县| 项城市| 乌兰察布市| 兴仁县| 常州市| 贡嘎县|