Bhopal, June 1: The Madhya Pradesh government has rewarded women with guns for encouraging villagers to use hygienic toilets instead of defecating in the open. Nineteen women in Rewa district bordering Uttar Pradesh have been given gun licences for their exemplary work under the Nirmal Gram Yojna, which aims at achieving “total sanitation” in rural areas. Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan visited Rewa on May 24 and announced the “prize”. Rewa superintendent of police, Mohammad Shahid Absar, said: “Guns in the dacoit-infested Rewa district are the ultimate social status symbol. There are over 14,000 applications seeking gun licences, out of which only a few dozen succeed in meeting the strict criteria.” In March this year, the Shivpuri district coll
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