Women SHGs look for support from new government

Women self-help groups expect lower interest rates on loans, workshops for skill development from the new government as they prepare to vote in the upcoming assembly election. For Prema Aloysius and her Mahilampoo SHG, life has not been easy. The group has been around for over 20 years, consisting of women who had been married into families in Tiruchi and were promised a better life. After years of suffering from a lack of toilet facilities, the women have undertaken the work of maintaining a Swachh Bharat Mission toilet complex to ensure clean toilets for around 150 houses.