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In reply to the discussion: Christopher Hitchens - Mother Teresa: Hell's Angel [View all]struggle4progress
(119,618 posts)33. ... Calcutta's sewage system was created under the British around the turn of the century
to serve a city of 600,000. The system has had little added to it and the original structure has significantly deriorated yet it is supposed to serve a city of now about 14 millions ...
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/calcutta.htm
Collapses of old brick sewers in Kolkata have become more frequent in the last years
http://www.bi-constructionnews.com/en_article_sewer_rehabilitation_in_Kolkata.news
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I don't recall that Hitchens ever had anything good to say about anyone. So this comes as no surprise
The_Casual_Observer
Sep 2016
#3
The lack of toilets and the general lack of sanitation in the missions is independently documented.
Warren Stupidity
Sep 2016
#9
India's 900 largest cities generate at least 29 thousand million liters of sewage daily
struggle4progress
Sep 2016
#31
... Calcutta's sewage system was created under the British around the turn of the century
struggle4progress
Sep 2016
#33
The actual facts might interest anyone who is really concerned about sanitation in India,
struggle4progress
Sep 2016
#44
Thats a pretty brave stand. Spent a lot of time in places like Calcutta have you?
The_Casual_Observer
Sep 2016
#12
The day that you or Hitchens are awarded a Nobel Prize or become saints
The_Casual_Observer
Sep 2016
#19
The problem those who make such observations have is Hitchens wasn't the only one calling bullshit
Major Nikon
Sep 2016
#6
It really isn't RCC doctrine that the dying poor should be denied palliative care.
Warren Stupidity
Sep 2016
#10