Effective Maintenance of Toilets in Govt Offices
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Swachh Bharat Mission
How toilets in Government Offices can be maintained effectively?
1. A complaint book should be kept outside each toilet which should be reviewed every day
2. Cleaning of the washrooms to be done minimum four times daily say, 8am,11 am, 3pm and 5.30 pm by the maintenance staff
3. Cleaning should be done with good quality disinfectant
4. The maintenance and supplies replenishment job should be outsourced to private contractors with defined performance metrics
5. These contracts should be reviewed every 3 months
6. Automatic air fresheners should be installed in toilets
7. Dedicated water tanks should be mounted for toilets in the building
8. Toilets should have proper ventilation
9. Exhaust fans should be installed in these toilets to get the air flow
10. Maintenance staff should do report malfunction/breakage and the head of the office should make sure that the required consumables and repairs are done in time
11. The pipes of the urinals must be replaced with all concealed piping
12. There should be a number mentioned in the toilet which could be called in case of a maintenance problem
13. Instant Automatic water rinsing with timer should be installed to keep the urinals clean
14. Automatic flushing with a sensor-activated water, will reduce the stink, conserve water and be more hygienic
15. Water jets must be installed in all toilets and toilet paper should be available via vending machine on chargeable basis
16. Provision of sensor-activated air blower for hand drying will eliminate the need for paper/supplies
17. The wash sink taps also need to have taps with sensor-activation for water flow, both for water conservation and hygiene more