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Dalit man turns toilet into home after cyclone razes house to ground
Updated On: 18 May, 2019 01:25 PM IST | | mid-day online desk
"It has been brought to our notice that a family has been living in a toilet in Derabish block after cyclone ravaged their house

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Kendrapara (Odisha): After cyclone 'Fani' razed a Dalit man's kutcha house to the ground in Odisha's Kendrapara district, he has been living in a toilet allotted to him under the Centre's flagship programme Swachh Bharat Mission.
Officials said that after the cyclone hit the district on May 3, the Dalit man Khirod Jena (58), a landless daily wage earner in Raghudeipur village, was rendered homeless and has been living in 7 feet x 6 feet toilet along with a spouse and two grown-up daughters.
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