GHAZIABAD: Sitting outside a newly constructed “pink toilet” at the Rajnagar District Centre (RDC), attendant Divya Sinha is busy flipping the logbook. She waves frantically seeing this correspondent there. “You’ not allowed here, it’s only for women ,” she says.Diyva has been “wo-manning” this pink toilet at the RDC ever since it was inaugurated two months ago. She rues over the relatively less footfall. “Even though this pink toilet is air-conditioned and has all facilities exclusively for women, there is not the kind of footfall we expected. I don’t understand why,” she said.According to Divya, not more than 10-12 women have been visiting this pink toilet a day. “We charge only Rs 5 per user. I don’t think the amount is too much, given the facilities we are providing,” she added.The pink toilet at RDC is equipped with two Indian style lavatories and one Western. “The pink toilet also has a rest room where lactating women can feed their children. There is also a machine to dispense sanitary napkins. Users can get all these at Rs 5 only,” Divya said.Apart from the one at RDC, two pink toilets have been built at the Kaushambi bus depot and another in Turab Nagar area. “The spots were selected after a survey. These are areas frequented by women. For instance, Turab Nagar has a market that sells goods of women’s interest,” said municipal commissioner CP Singh. “Pink toilets are more secure than public ones. They are also situated in prominent places and have CCTV cameras installed outside.”The Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation intends to construct more pink toilets across the city.Singh claims that with time and awareness campaigns, the footfall will increase.

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