City to have new model toilets soon

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD, DEC. 14. The Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad has identified 154 sites in the city for constructing new model urinals with provision of running water at a cost of Rs. 85,000 each. Work on these toilets will be taken up shortly.

The new models, a replica of which has been erected on the premises of MCH head office, can accommodate four persons at a time, says Mr. Jagannadha Rao, Assistant Commissioner (Health).

This apart, in what is being seen an admission of its inability to maintain public toilets and urinals, the Corporation has also promised to construct as many toilets provided people come forward to maintain `Pay and use' toilets.

Even the MCH Commissioner, Dr. P.K. Mohanty, vouches for the same. "If you promise to maintain them by adopting the `Pay and use' policy, we have no problem in constructing them", he says. Although the Corporation does not admit that the maintenance is poor even in the 32 `Pay and use' toilets being run by the Sulabh International, the spate of complaints from public continues.

The situation in and around the 353 open toilets is worse. Not only are they dirty and stinking, but they are an embarrassment for women walking along the road. Mr. Rao says once the new model toilets are in place, the open toilets will be phased out.

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