BHOPAL: In yet another toilet-tale, a newly-wed woman in a village of

refused to go to her in-laws place as there is no

. Five months after the marriage, the woman continues to live with her parents . She has lived with her husband and in-laws only for 3 days.

Jyoti, 25, said, "I will prefer

divorce

over defecating in open.”

She lives with her parents in Phoop, a small village about 35 km away from Mehgaon tehesil town where her husband lives with his parents. All the family members belong to lower income group . Her husband is unemployed while her father-in-law works as a labourer.

She has a toilet at her house in Phoop,

said.

But large number of villagers in Mehgaon and Phoop go out for

.

Jyoti said, “I cannot walk down to railway tracks for open defecation.”

"Either I go out for defecation early in the morning or night under the cover of darkness. I am scared”, Jyoti said .

Her mother Rajkumri said, “ We have tried to persuade her to go to Mehgaon and live with her husband and in-laws buts she keeps refusing. Her husband often visits us and asks her to accompany but in vain.

Her husband

said, “My father will go out and work to get money for the toilet.”

After her bold step and of raising the voice for toilet in the patriarchal society of Bhind district in Chambal ravines , the administration may make her brand ambassador for swachh abhiyan.

District magistrate (DM) collector Chotay Singh said that he would be meeting the couple on Monday and if they were eligible for the government help for the construction of toilet, they would get it.

He also said that the he would make her brand ambassador for the swachh abhiyan.

The DM said that traditionally, large number of villagers in Bhind were used to go out to defecate. After Swachh campaign many people changed their habit but still a large number are required to be convinced to give up this habit.