High Court Directs Tamil Nadu Government To Ensure Schools Have Toilets

Madurai: The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court directed the Tamil Nadu Government to ensure that all the government schools in the state have toilet facility before the academic year 2018-2019.

A division bench comprising Justices S Nagamuthu and Krishnakumar gave the order while hearing a PIL on toilet
facilities in government schools, filed by Mr Anandharaj, an advocate, and asked the Education Department officials to file a report on the status of toilet facilities in the schools.

The bench also ordered that sanitary staff and night watchman should be appointed in all the schools.