Swatchcha Bharath scheme was planned by Indian Prim minister
shri Narendra Modi become a wakeup call in the minds of people especially women
in the rural India.. This became an household slogan in every home in the rural
villages’. Swatchcha Bharath has brought great change in the minds of female
gender which this concept was leading to divorce of newly wedded couple.
Bride @ Bridegroom’s house
Archana was married Bablu Kumar on
May 1st, 2016. As she stepped in to her husband’s home, she observed
the atmosphere in the house and its surroundings. Archana silently trying to manage herself
until to make better relationship among the people in their home, even though she didn't find at least a toilet in that house. One day she
requested the family head to construct toilet, but invain. Several efforts made
in many ways to convince the whole family members including her Husband. The family head with heavy pressure put by
her to arrange a toilet , he warned her to stay as other people in the village or do as she likes.
Bride Vs Bridegroom
Archana’s position in the family became sour. She
became single in a few days after marriage. No one was cared her in the family.
Archana vexed with anguish took a decision after had taken deep thought. She
gave an ultimatum to her husband on June 25th, 2016 that she will be going to
apply for divorce.. Bablu made several efforts to convince her for staying with
him. Finally she was convinced on a condition to stay for 10 days to make her
wish fulfilled
Reasons for divorce
: A newly-wed woman in a village in
Bihar has declared that she is
"divorcing" her husband for not getting a toilet constructed at their
house, and making her suffer the humiliation of going out into the open to
relieve herself.
Archana Gautam told a gathering of
Khothawa village panchayat in West Champaran district on Thursday (09-07-2016) that her husband Bablu Kumar has been ignoring
her repeated appeals that they must have a pucca toilet at home
.
.
"I have been forced to make way
to an open field every day under the cover of darkness to relieve myself. The
owner of the land repeatedly insults me," she said.
Bablu and Archana married last May.
"Ask your parents to get the
toilet built," Bablu has been telling her, Archana said.
"I am fed up with him and forced
to leave him," she reportedly told the village panchayat..
Millions of people in Bihar do not
have a toilet at home.
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