Revive Rural Sanitary Mart in Medavakkam
It has not been functioning since it was damaged in rain A view of the Rural Sanitary Mart in Medavakkam near Tambaram. Elected representatives of some of the village panchayats in St. Thomas Mount Panchayat Union (also called St. Thomas Mount Block) have appealed to the District Rural Development Agency to revive the Rural Sanitary Mart in Medavakkam near Tambaram. The Rural Sanitary Mart (RSM) was an outlet to sell materials required for building Individual Household Toilets. Such toilets are being established throughout the country under the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) of the Central Rural Sanitation Programme of the Ministry of Rural Development and the District Rural Development Agency of the State governments. Damaged by rains To facilitate the implementation of Total Sanitation Campaign in St.Thomas Mount Block, the RSM was established in Medavakkam about five years ago. But heavy rains and rise of water level in the