Over 100 girl students of a Government hostel in Damoh district are forced to defecate and bathe in the open because of water scarcity in toilets.
The hostel in Madiyadoh village, about 60 km from the district headquarters, has toilets, but shortage of water has rendered them useless, forcing students to defecate in the open.
The hostel's inmates, Class 6 to 12 students, have been facing this problem for the past one month, hostel warden Kanti Ahirwar said.
"More than 100 girl students living here have to go near a nullah (drain), about 2 km from the hostel, to relieve themselves due to water scarcity in the hostel," she said.
"Both the bore-wells of the hostel have dried up. There is no water in the hostel for the past one month. So, the girls are forced to go to the nullah. I accompany them," Ahirwar said. She said that senior district officials had been informed about the problem on several occasions, but there is no change in the situation.