An app for public toilets unveiled
2 years, 11 months ago

An app for public toilets unveiled

The Hindu  

A group of NGOs with support from the Greater Chennai Corporation and volunteers on Sunday launched an app for locating and rating public toilets in the city. Residents will be able to locate the nearest public toilets using the Kakkoos App, which was launched by Chepauk- Thiruvallikeni MLA Udhayanidhi Stalin. Over 150 volunteers from various colleges have mapped 1,497 public toilets, including public toilets at 806 locations and toilets in malls, fuel outlets and commercial buildings. Chennai public toilets should become the cleanest in the country,” he said The best toilets will have the certificate for one year and another round of mapping will be held after one year.

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Chandigarh: Municipal corporation working on improving public toilets for better hygiene
1 week, 5 days ago

Chandigarh: Municipal corporation working on improving public toilets for better hygiene

Hindustan Times  

The municipal corporation is working to keep public and community toilets clean and well-maintained. More than 300 public toilets in markets, parks, green belts and community toilets in colonies are being regularly cleaned. While speaking on the cleanliness of public toilets city mayor Harpreet Kaur Babla on Wednesday said that all toilets are now marked on online maps, thus making …

Dilapidated toilets force many in north Chennai to defecate in the open
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Dilapidated toilets force many in north Chennai to defecate in the open

The Hindu  

Residents have complained that the practice of open defecation persists across north Chennai mainly due to dilapidated and unsafe public toilets. “Most public toilets in the region are not usable, so using the toilets at home is the safest option,” says a staff associated with the Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam Scheme. In Vyasarpadi’s Gandhipuram, nearly 1,000 tenement residents use the train …

Rs 1.2K crore allotted for building public toilets across Chennai
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Rs 1.2K crore allotted for building public toilets across Chennai

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The Greater Chennai Corporation has received administrative sanction to construct public toilets in the city under the DBFOT model, which is currently rolled out in three zones. The Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department approved the project through a government order dated December 6, at an outlay of Rs 1,202 crore. The initiative is an extension of the project …

Apps to the rescue! Alappuzha maps over 85 public toilets
8 months, 1 week ago

Apps to the rescue! Alappuzha maps over 85 public toilets

New Indian Express  

ALAPPUZHA: In the digital age, finding essential services like hotels, railway stations, or bus stations is often just a click away. The district has successfully mapped over 85 public toilets using the Google Toilet Locator and the My Toilet App. The successful implementation of this project has earned the district unit of the Suchitwa Mission an award for excellence in …

Centre launches ‘Toilets 2.0’ campaign in Bengaluru
2 years, 4 months ago

Centre launches ‘Toilets 2.0’ campaign in Bengaluru

The Hindu  

Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri launched Toilets 2.0 campaign at a national event organised at Bengaluru, Karnataka on the occasion of World Toilet Day 2022 on Saturday. Clean and safe public restrooms and public spaces will improve the experience and quality of public life and that is why I am delighted to launch Toilets 2.0 …

Drone survey to identify sites for new public toilets in Chennai
2 years, 11 months ago

Drone survey to identify sites for new public toilets in Chennai

The Hindu  

The Greater Chennai Corporation will launch a drone survey to identify new locations for modern public toilets in the city. The civic body has identified 84 locations for building the new toilets in the city based on the announcement made by Minister for Municipal Administration and Water Supply K.N. Stretches such as Anna Salai and Poonamallee High Road will get …

Corporation toilets to have uniform design and logo
3 years ago

Corporation toilets to have uniform design and logo

The Hindu  

The Greater Chennai Corporation will build new public toilets in all the 200 wards, with uniform design, facade, colour and logo under Singara Chennai 2.0. The civic body has started collecting information about sites suitable for the construction of toilets near commercial areas, bus stops, bus terminus, railway stations, government offices, hospitals and parks. According to estimates, each of the …

Toilet Festival to be held in Chennai
3 years ago

Toilet Festival to be held in Chennai

The Hindu  

Chennai will soon host a unique international festival called the Toilet Festival. Toilet tales of which International Toilet Festival is a part of, is led and curated by CEO and Principal Architect of Studio Recycle Bin Ganga Dileep C. “The festival will comprise mapping of toilets, toilet fellowship, toilet festival, and toilet expo among others,” said Ganga. The toilet mapathon …

BBMP set to build 75 toilets
4 years, 1 month ago

BBMP set to build 75 toilets

The Hindu  

To address the problem of shortage of public toilets in the city, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike is constructing new facilities in different locations. As per the national guidelines set by the Swachh Bharat Mission for public toilets, there should be one toilet seat for every 100 men and two seats for every 100 women. Huge shortfall Srinivas Alavilli, head, …

Google Maps lists 57,000 public toilets in India
5 years, 5 months ago

Google Maps lists 57,000 public toilets in India

Op India  

Google Map now lists over 57,000 public toilets in 2,300 plus cities across India on its platform, giving a major boost to PM Narendra Modi’s flagship project, the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. “We believe that making information about public sanitation facilities easily accessible to people is a key element for social good – one that also constitutes the cornerstone of the …

Unused rural toilets to face public scrutiny
10 years, 3 months ago

Unused rural toilets to face public scrutiny

The Hindu  

The government proposes to mobilise public support for naming and shaming those not using toilets in rural India. The Ministry on Wednesday said people would be mobilised to check and verify the use of toilets in rural areas and could post photos or upload data through mobile phones or tablets. The monitoring system will give a big push to the …

Know why Modi wants Swachh Bharat, 88 pc travellers put off by toilets at Indian railway stations: Survey
10 years, 4 months ago

Know why Modi wants Swachh Bharat, 88 pc travellers put off by toilets at Indian railway stations: Survey

India TV News  

Bangalore: A Travellers Survey conducted by the travel portal HolidayIQ.com reveals that 88.31 pc of travelleters from seven top cities of India are put off by stinking toilets at Indian railway stations. 87.90 pc travellers said, they were put off by toilets at public places in Indian cities, while 71.51 pc said, they were put off by toilets built in …

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