Under Swachh Bharat Mission, Chennai Corporation to install 400 more toilets
Posted on: 30/Oct/2018 9:54:22 AM
The corporation of Chennai has been doing many superb works for the benefit of the people. The latest news is corporation of Chennai would be installing more than 400 toilets in Chennai city and this would include as many as 120 self cleaning toilets. There are many places that have high footfall in Chennai and the toilets would come up in these places of high footfall under the ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ at the cost of Rs 5.3 crores. Recently Chennai Corporation made huge noises when it floated tenders to repair toilets across 832 locations. This would be given to the private firms for the purpose of maintenance. Those people who want to use these toilets could pay a minimum fee.
By the month of December 2018 across 15 zones in Chennai city, Corporation of Chennai has got plans to install 159 community toilets, 120 e-toilets plus 138 rental toilets for the public. In more than 800 locations across the Chennai city there are around 8600 toilet seats. Soon with the addition of these new toilets the number would increase to 9000. This was confirmed by an official. He later spoke about how all the toilets would be brought under the private parties for long term maintenance. It is now said that the pre-bidding was completed and tenders have been floated for private maintenance.
There were many complaints from the users and they revealed that the toilets are unfit to be used or locked despite the toilets being available readily. The users later explained that fee was charged from them but the toilets were maintained poorly. An auto driver expressed his views and spoke about how e-toilets were better when compared to other toilets as e-toilets are cleaned automatically. He later spoke about how only when there was no power or water supply e-toilets were not available otherwise they were available all the time. He threw light on how other toilets could not be used as they were stinking. Eram Scientific is doing a great work of maintaining 220 self cleaning toilets in Chennai city.
As many as 600 toilets were surveyed in August by Dhagam, a non-profitable organisation, and it was found that 60 percent of 1352 respondents never use public toilets due to lack of water and poor maintenance. Mahalakshmi of Dhagam spoke about how money must not be spent in the construction of more toilets but the Corporation of Chennai must invest in the upkeep of the already existing toilets. She later spoke about the toilets that are present in the low income areas and slums. She said that the toilets in these places remain neglected and people defecate in the open. As per the civic body sources it is clear that the private parties would be maintaining the toilets for a period of 5 years.
