KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -In a world of 7.3 billion people, 2.4 billion lack access to adequate sanitation, of which 1 billion have no choice but to defecate in the open.

Detailed explanation-2: -Around 2 billion people around the world do not have access to clean and safe drinking water, and approximately 3.6 billion people – 46% of the world’s population – lack adequate sanitation services, according to a new United Nations World Water Development Report released Wednesday.

Detailed explanation-3: -Still, two billion people live without safely managed drinking water services, including 1.2 billion people lacking even a basic level of service, in 2020.

Detailed explanation-4: -Among the 1.7 billion people without basic sanitation services in 2020, nearly a third (494 million) used no form of toilet and practised open defecation. In 55 countries, more than 5 per cent of the population practised open defecation in 2020.