BBMP plans to build 200 public toilets

BENGALURU: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to build 200 public toilets across the Bengaluru city; work is expected to begin from the month of January 2021. The Bengaluru city has 550 public toilets at present, but the BBMP feels it needs 1,400 ..
120-150 can be built this year and the rest in 2022 at an average expenditure of Rs 8 lakh. Further, nearly 80 washrooms that are not being used will be renovated at a cost of Rs 2 lakh.
D Randeep, special commissioner (solid waste management) said: “In toilets with more than 5 seats, a provision could be considered for transgender users,” adding the new toilets will function more efficiently with focus on cleanliness.

BBMP will increase the number of boards leading towards the toilets and ask its marshals to fine those urinating at public places. It plans to install more mobile toilets and ask petrol bunks to make their washrooms accessible to the public.