Kochi to get women-friendly toilets

Kochi | Sunday | 16th December, 2018

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The city corporation is planning to construct a minimum of 14 women-friendly toilets in the city.Kochi, which claim the tag of metropolitan , doesn’t have adequate public toilets, let alone women-friendly toilets.While preparing the draft plan as part of the people’s plan campaign for 2019-20, corporation authorities have prepared projects for constructing women-friendly toilets in the city.“There are complaints that the city doesn’t have enough public toilets, especially for women . More space compared to conventional toilets is another feature of women-friendly toilets.The local body is planning to earmark Rs 5 lakh for the construction of each toilet. There should be facilities for breastfeeding as well,” he said.There should be toilets for men also. In case of standalone toilets, which will be set up in public places, certain measures will have to be taken for their proper maintenance. KOCHI: Women in the city have got something to be relived of..