South Corporation to set up mobile toilets to stop open defecation

NEW DELHI: The South Delhi Municipal Corporation may soon set up mobile toilets at public places, instead of constructing permanent ones.

NEW DELHI: The South Delhi Municipal Corporation may soon set up mobile toilets at public places, instead of constructing permanent ones.

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Municipal officials said that the south corporation was already in talks with agencies over installation of mobile toilets, a move they said will discourage open defecation.

“The south civic body is planning to make use of mobile toilets in parks to discourage citizens from urinating on roadsides. The corporation is also planning to use such toilets in schools,” said a municipal official.

Sources in the corporation said that the move by the municipal corporation comes amid the financial crisis currently being faced by the civic bodies. The municipal corporations were supposed to construct 1,000 toilets, including those meant for women by October 2015 besides repair the existing ones.

Though the civic bodies failed to construct any new toilets on their own in 2015, they did manage to set up around 80 toilets through joint effort and funds received under Corporate Social Responsibility since October last year.

“The corporations had previously decided to construct permanent toilets, hoping to use them as advertising points and using the revenue thus gathered for maintenance. However, given the financial crunch, the south civic body is now planning to install mobile toilets,” said a municipal official.