Website Impact! 4 out of 5 e-Toilets are WORKING and CLEAN?

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Alfie Dsouza, Team Mangalorean.
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Website Impact! 4 out of 5 e-Toilets are WORKING and CLEAN?

Mangaluru: Following close on its heels, once again Mangalorean.com has proved one more positive result after highlighting another civic issue -Talk about the power of media, especially Electronic media where we highlight the civic issues and within few hours or few days the concerned authorities who can’t bear the criticism about their negligence, quickly get into action and rectify the civic issues. In the past Mangalorean.com has highlighted various civic issues through our website, and there has been a tremendous effect with most of the problems being fixed in no time, from rectifying dilapidated roads, open drainage, non-friendly footpaths, dog menace, neglected garbage, illegal hoardings, pot holes etc.

Just recently we had published a report “https://www.mangalorean.com/e-toilets-gone-e-waste-two-five-not-working-within-one-month/“, where two of the e-Toilets (Men) were out of order among the five new e-Toilets that were installed just a month ago. The report was forwarded to one of the officials of HPCL and also to the company Eram Solutions who installed these e-Toilets. Seeing the report, Mangalorean.com got a call from one of the official stating that they would rectify the issue quickly.

Before

And today, when Team Mangalorean made a visit to check on these 5 e-Toilets, all except one women toilet at Kadri Park was out of order, with a sign saying “No Water, No Power (See Picture). Earlier in our report we had mentioned that both the men e-Toilets, one at Kadri park; and the other at Lalbagh Bus Shelter (near MCC Office) were out of order. However, these both men e-toilets being repaired now, unfortunately the women e-toilet at Kadri park is not working. Wow- seems like these e-Toilets are taking turns? One good thing is that the inside of all these toilets are clean (see pics), not like we saw last time when we made the report.

Just imagine, with each of these e-Toilets costing Rs 6 lakhs going bad one after the other, within a month or so- do you think that they can last for next few days or months, at this condition. Looks like waste of money on new technology, that can’t remain in good condition. Instead the same amount spent on these e-Toilets could have been used to build regular toilets (with attendants in charge), and many commuters would have used the facilities without any hesitance. In the meantime, while the existing facilities have been lauded by a few users, but many have expressed displeasure and are criticizing the MCC for their improper plans, without looking into the real locations and real needs of the commuters.

After

e-Toilet near Lalbagh

Other thing is that, ever since these 5 e-toilets have been set up in Mangaluru, there has been no awareness on them, other than news in media when they were launched. Many don’t even know what these blue kiosks are for. The foremost challenge was to make people understand the e-toilet, which wasn’t done by the MCC nor the e-toilet company. Since this e-toilet is completely automated, technology phobia was evident in the early stages of the initiative, but unless these e-toilet don’t receive much media hype and government support, the initial reluctance has turned to just curiosity. Many don’t know how to use these e-toilets, since they have been used to regular kind of toilets or have been going for the nature’s call in open.

Women e-Toilet out of order at Kadri Park

e-Toilet near University College

In conclusion, installation of e-toilets is indeed an effective step towards the creation of urban sanitation infrastructure to create a better quality of life for citizens and tourists. The basic concept of e-toilet offers a full cycle approach in creating a sustainable sanitation by combining mechanical, electronics and web-mobile technologies for remote monitoring of the entry, usage, exit, cleaning and sterilization. The portable e-toilets also generate revenue. But how far would these e-toilet in the City will serve the purpose, until then its all History? In future, to cater to the toilet needs of the public, I think the ‘common toilet’ will surely benefit the ‘common man’.

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Lallu
7 years ago

THIS WOW NEWS !! KEEP IT UP MANGALOREAN AND PROUD TO BE A MANGALOREAN

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