State of Public Toilets - Inputs needed on Solutions
Based on your inputs, below are the key Root Causes for the current state of public toilets in India.
Please help identify solutions for these Root Causes and Issues. Base don it we will put together a whitepaper for circulation to all stakeholders including urban Municipal Corporations in India.
We look forward to your inputs!
Ministry of Urban Development
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Public Toilets – Root Causes
1. Sanitation is not given priority in our country
2. Public toilets are not very well planned
3. Number of people using public toilets is large and hence maintenance is tough
4. Government has been overlooking the requirement of skilled labour and funds to take care of the public toilets
5. Not enough cleaning staff present in public toilets
6. No accountability for the staff
7. Whatever staff is present, is lazy and inefficient
8. Workers entrusted with maintaining these toilets are not well paid
9. Lack of modern tools and machines to help the workers with cleaning
10. A lot of fancy public toilets were built in Delhi during the Commonwealth Games, but they still remained locked due to lack of clearances from NDMC
11. Taps/commodes which break are never reported by the employees due to the fear of having to work extra
12. Clearances required to change damaged/broken items, which takes long time
13. Drains of the toilets are not properly connected with the main drain of the area
14. Most of the people who use public toilets lack civic sense
15. Some NGOs run very clean public toilets but charge a nominal amount for their upkeep
Public Toilets – Issues
1. Not enough public toilets in towns and villages
2. Lack of public toilets on the highways as well
3. Maintenance of toilets is not a Government priority
4. Lack of skills and funds to maintain toilets
5. Most of the existing toilets are very old
6. Public toilets are very dirty and smelly
7. Drains of most of the public toilets are choked
8. Water supply to public toilets is erratic
9. Some public toilets have been built but still remain locked
10. Some toilets which are in good condition are paid
11. There are no lights in most of the public toilets and hence they cannot be used at nights
12. Taps and commodes are broken more