Caloundra Rotary - in conjunction with a Global Grant from The Rotary Foundation and other clubs & districts in Australia and India - is involved in a US$31,500  project to provide 40 bio toilets in 10 urban slums; originally 20 slums were to be targeted but the reduced number will provide greater effectiveness. 
 
Haran Ramachandran of the Rotary Club of Hills-Kellyville, NSW reports:
 
Rotary International President Elect, Mark Maloney handed over the first of the 10 slums to receive the bio-toilets on 20 February.  The project will be completed by the end of this month with all 10 slums being provided with safe, clean bio-toilets.
 
Thank you to the members of the Rotary Club of Caloundra for your support for this project.  Without your request and support, we could not have achieved this. THANK YOU.
 
Please find attached some photos of taken during the official visit to Rotary District 3262 by RIPE Mark who said “ I’d like to thank you for sharing the eye surgery project at Rotary Royal Eye Hospital as well as the bio-toilet project.”
Bhubaneswar is the capital of the Indian state of Odisha.  It is the largest city in Odisha and is a centre of economic and religious importance in Eastern India.  Bhubaneswar is often referred to as a "Temple City of India".
 
But ..... there are 338 unauthorised slums in Bhubaneswar  - many households do not have toilets and a few who have sanitary toilets have no drainage, water and maintenance facilities!!