Economist obit for Bindeshwar Pathak, the creator of India's Sulabh Shauchalaya ("accessible toilet"). 🚻

"The key was his cheap pour-flush toilet, essentially a sieve-like clay-lined pit, flushable with only a litre of water. [...] By 2020, 110m had been installed across the country. In 1974 he built India’s first public lavatory. A pee cost 1 rupee, a poo 2."

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https://www.economist.com/obituary/2023/08/24/bindeshwar-pathak-realised-that-indias-future-depended-on-toilets