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Written by Sanjana Bhalerao“Invest in emotional triggers rather than rational triggers like better health and sanitation in getting citizens to use toilets,” said Jack Sim, founder of World Toilet Organisation (WTO) on the sidelines of the World Toilet Summit in Mumbai on Monday, observed as World Toilet Day. The civic body follows the ratio of one toilet seat per 30 men and one toilet seat per 25 women in calculating this deficit. As of November 15, the civic body has built 2, 819 toilet seats as opposed to the target of 5,170 seats this year. Of the 22,774, the civic body aims to build 1,734 toilet seats by March 2019. As per the Mumbai civic body, the deficit in toilet seats in the city is 22,774..