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It left me feeling embarrassed, and I used to take a half-hour bus trip to Goripalayam and used the pay-and-use toilet there. It inspired me to take things into my own hands,” she said.From that moment onwards, there was no stopping Selvi. Today, all the houses in the 15 panchayats in Sakkimangalam have closed toilets, all thanks to Selvi. Selvi has helped construct toilets in Narasingam, Vadipatti, Tiruparankundram, Tiruvadhavur villages, and has been the driving factor for the construction of 1,500 toilets in Sakkimangalam alone. After donning titles like Swachh Bharat Mission motivator and master trainer, she is now the coordinator of Solid Waste Management programme, working closely with DRDA, Madurai..