GOACAN on Tuesday observed World Toilet Day by organising an awareness campaign in Margao to reach out to consumers on the importance of ‘Toilets for All and the need to end Open Defecation’ in Goa. The awareness action was part of the ongoing Sanitation Awareness Fortnight organised by GOACAN. Volunteers carrying colourful flags and placards highlighted the need for clean toilets at bus stands, markets, children's parks, beaches and all public places and demanded adequate toilets for women, senior citizens and the disabled. Volunteers also called for adequate toilets for workers at construction sites and industrial estates. Volunteers resolved to write to the village panchayats and move gram sabha proposals calling for declaration of 2014 as the Year of Sanitation so that all the village panchayats can effectively participate in the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) programs. Meanwhile GOACAN will call on South Goa District Collector & Chairperson of the South Goa Zilla Panchayat to assess the requirement of Community Sanitary Complexes at markets, highways, bus stands, religious places, fair grounds, beaches and other public places and review the progress of the Solid & Liquid Waste Management (SLWM) component of the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) in the district.