After his friend's sister was molested while attending nature's call out in the open, Rajkumar Parmar vowed to work towards the betterment of his society.

A Swachh Bharat crusader from Shajapur in Madhya Pradesh, the 30-year-old has already helped build 1,824 toilets in his district.

"The incident gave a new meaning to my life. For the first three months, I started working alone in nearby villages. Then, I joined the Swachh Bharat Mission," he said.

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Rajkumar is a primary school teacher in the Shujalpur tehsil in Shajapur and was selected as a campaigner for the Swachh Bharat Mission a few months ago, reports The Hindustan Times.

In a bid to promote sanitation across his district, Rajkumar helped construct public toilets in Hannukheri, Raipur, Piplod, Laharkheda, Dugdha, Kadwala, Mandalkha, Netera and other villages of Shajapur. He is also encouraging villagers to use the toilets to help eliminate the evil of sexual abuse.

Not equipped with family support - who wants Rajkumar to take up government employment and earn a decent living - the teacher is determined to make lives better.

"It is very difficult to construct a toilet with such a low amount. So we asked villagers to volunteer to cut down labour costs. Whatever amount we get in addition to this, we use it for the construction of toilets," he said.

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Rajkumar's efforts have been praised by the district collector Rajeev Sharma who hailed him as a great example for everybody.

Most of the panchayats in his district have enough toilets and the work to construct 10-12 more in other panchayats is underway. Rajkumar is hoping that by July 31, his tehsil will be declared open defecation free.