MUCH MORE ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION WITH A BILLION GATES TOILETS THAN OPEN DEFECATION

Hundreds of millions of Indians defecate in the open because they have no access to toilets or even running water. It has been a persistent problem, polluting soil and water, causing diseases

What is more polluting, modern urban and suburban sanitary sewer systems, or composted feces?

'Toilet trouble' for Narendra Modi and Bill Gates

His other big worry is that the subsidy does not account for the cost of laying a sewer, which has often meant that people in rural areas end up building soak pits for drainage. This, he fears, will eventually lead to ground water and soil pollution in coastal areas where the water table is higher.