India

Newly-wed woman leaves in-laws’ home over lack of a toilet

PNS

A newly married girl left the in-laws house in Tappal area of Aligarh as there was no toilet built in the house.

 The newly-wed chose to leave the in-laws' house and live in the maternal house due to lack of toilets in the house.

However, the family members attribute this to poverty. The family of a worker living in a room is arguing for not getting a toilet built due to lack of money. But two months ago, when the son of this house got married and the new daughter-in-law came, she raised question about why toilet has not been built following which she left the house. She has demanded to built toilet in the house, only then she will return back to in law's house.

The matter is of Tappal police station area of Aligarh. Gajjo has been living with his family for the past several years in the town of Jattari. Gajjo and his son Kamal earn their living by doing hard labor and picking up garbage.

It has been told that due to the financial condition of the family, Gajjo's wife had died due to lack of treatment a few months back. After which Gajjo got his son married to Khushi, a resident of village Takipur in district

Prayagraj.

The newlywed girl who came to the house left the house in no time due to lack of toilet in the in-laws' house and went to the maternal

home.Kamal and his father Gajjo say that they are illiterate. They have not been able to get any kind of government facilities like government houses and free toilets.

Not only this, but no government document, Aadhar or even ration card has been made. The local woman has told that this family is very poor. After leaving of Kamal's wife, a social worker of the area came to know about it, then he started building toilets in the house.