‘Google map to help find toilets at public places’

Tribune News Service
New Delhi, November 19

Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal said that the feature of locating public toilets on Google Maps had the potential to solve a major issue that citizens face today of finding clean, functional and usable toilets at public places.

He said this at a national workshop on Urbal Sanitation and World Toilet Day organised by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. Along with him, the workshop was attended by Durga Shankar Mishra, Secretary of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and over 500 dignitaries comprising municipal commissioners, senior officers from AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) cities and other stakeholders working in the area of urban sanitation.

The LG was glad to note that there are 33,000+ toilets across 800+ cities in the country already LIVE and open to reviews from citizens on Google Maps. Baijal appreciated the SBM Toilet Monitoring Tool Dashboard launched by the ministry that would serve as a governance and monitoring tool for urban local bodies (ULBs).

Tiwari asks MCDs to buy machines for sewer cleaning

State BJP chief Manoj Tiwari asked party-ruled municipal corporations to purchase machines for cleaning of septic tanks and sewers to prevent deaths due to manual scavenging in the city.

Speaking at an event organised by Sulabh International, Tiwari said although sewer cleaning comes under the Delhi government, but municipal corporations need to equip manual scavengers.

"Mayors of the three civic bodies should order as soon as possible to purchase machines for cleaning of septic tanks and sewer to prevent deaths due to manual scavenging," he said.