What many settle for in an expensive city: A home away from home, inside a toilet block

Pune | Sunday | 16th September, 2018

Summary:

(Express photo) Raj Kumar Singh at his house on the second storey of a toilet block in Chinchwad. Raj Kumar Singh at his house on the second storey of a toilet block in Chinchwad. The toilet block has a single 200-square foot room on the second storey, an arrangement more agreeable than having the residential quarters right next to the toilet. The official address of Raju Sawant, 52, is a public toilet on Sinhagad Road. However, the presence of Brahmin and Kshatriya families among the caretakers of public toilets in Pune city seems to defy this norm..