对于印度政府来说，2019年10月2日是个非常重要的日子。恰逢圣雄甘地（MahatmaGandhi）诞辰150周年，同时也标志着CleanIndia拟定的终点线到期。CleanIndia是个庞大的计划，其目标是在印度全国安装7500万个厕所。如今，全球每年有170万人死于不安全的水和卫生设施，其中包括60万印度人。

在过去几年中，盖茨基金会已经向印度政府和私人公司提供了数百万美元援助和捐款。有些援助被用于开发高科技厕所，它们必须适用于低收入国家。2012年，盖茨基金会举行大奖赛，主要是设计安全、廉价以及可持续使用的“革命性厕所”。4个获奖设计共获得340万美元资金支持，它们有望帮助改变贫困地区卫生状况。

比尔·盖茨近期访问印度时制作了一个关于这项伟大工程的VR短片并在其博客中称，仅仅让人们能用上厕所还不够，你还得劝说他们真的去使用厕所。这正是“Clean India”继建厕所后的第二项重点工作，并且从某些角度讲，这比第一项工作难度更大，因为人们往往不愿意改变旧习。

Observation | Bill Gates and Clean India

October 2, 2019 is a very important day for the government of India. It is the birth of MahatmaGandhi 150th anniversary as well as the end of Clean India's proposed deadline. Clean India is a huge program aimed at installing 75 million toilets across India. Today, 1 million 700 thousand people die each year from unsafe water and sanitation, including 600 thousand indians. Billionaire,

Over the past few years, the Gates foundation has provided millions of dollars in aid and donations to the government of India and the Private Companies. Some aid is being used to develop high-tech toilets which must be applied in low-income countries. In 2012, the Gates foundation held a grand prix, mainly designed for safe, cheap and sustainable use of revolutionary toilets. The four award-winning designs received $3 million 400 thousand in funding to help change health conditions in poor areas.

Bill Gate recently made a VR short film about the great project during his recent visit to India. He said in his blog that it's not enough just to build the toilet for people, and you have to convince them to use the toilet. This is the second key work of "Clean India" after building the toilets. At some point, it is way too harder than building the toilets because people are not willing to change old habits.