No paid public toilets in Chennai

Public toilets wrong Greater Chennai Corporation limits volition soon commencement sporting a caller committee that reads ‘No Fee Zone’ to emphasise that these facilities indispensable not complaint users for utilizing them. On November 19, Mayor R. Priya unveiled a peculiar stamp for World Toilet Day and ‘No Fee Zone’ signage to reenforce that each nationalist toilet successful Chennai is free.

Public toilets successful the metropolis person mostly been escaped baring immoderate of them wherever janitors person charged a tiny fee, truthful what is new?

“Many person adjacent carried a committee saying ‘free toilet’ but immoderate would deliberately fell the committee oregon cod a interest illegally which we privation to forestall completely. The ‘No Fee Zone’ committee volition beryllium placed astatine specified a tallness that it tin beryllium seen easy by anyone. They are alert that they person escaped access,” says an authoritative from the Special Projects Department of Greater Chennai Corporation. “There are nary paid toilets maintained by GCC.”

The lollipop-style signboards volition beryllium complemented by badges worn by janitors and stickers connected toilet doors to authorities that nary interest volition beryllium collected for utilizing a nationalist toilet.

GCC has assigned concessionaires crossed Zones I to XV for construction, attraction and exertion integration of toilets.

“When the DBFO (design, build, concern and operate) exemplary was being discussed with stakeholders, GCC decided that these signages volition assistance successful clarifying immoderate ambiguity among users and marque radical much alert of the facts,” says V.R. Hari Balaji, CEO, Urban PCT Three (Ferrgra), the concessionaire liable for maintaining toilets coming nether Zones VII to X (excluding Marina).

There are 3 different firms that person been assigned by GCC to negociate toilets nether the nationalist backstage concern model.

Under the caller arrangement, companies managing toilets are required to travel definite SOPs and person KPIs (key show indicators) to beryllium met. Each toilet is judged regular connected cleanliness, odour control, h2o availability, lighting, safety, functional fixtures, manpower deployment, ailment closure and accessibility standards. “These toilets volition beryllium inspected by a 3rd party,” says the GCC official.

Signage boards with QR codes and telephone numbers person to beryllium fixed connected each installation for users to rise a complaint.

“Earlier, 1 bureau was progressive successful operation and different successful maintenance. Under the caller arrangement, the aforesaid steadfast takes attraction of cognition and attraction for a play of 8 years which volition hole accountability,” says Hari.