Mumbai: Lack of space, insensitive mgmt fail public hygiene

Mumbai | Thursday | 3rd October, 2019

Summary:

The first category is of the pay-and-use public toilets which are built by the BMC; second, free-to-use public toilets built by the Maharashtra Housing & Area Development Authority (MHADA). While the onus of the maintenance of public toilets lies on private agencies, the entire work is monitored by BMC. When asked about the total number of pay-and-use toilets present in the city, he said, "There are a total of 450 pay-and-use toilets in the city. "We are planning to urge people to come forward and help build and maintain public toilets like we have in Marine Drive and Gateway of India. However, civic authorities have chalked out a plan and plans to construct more public toilets..