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The Tiruchi Corporation's plans of installing toilet cubiclesacross the city to improve public hygiene appear to have suffered aslowdown ever since the transfer of former Corporation CommissionerK.Veera Raghava Rao. Mr.Rao, who was transferred about three months back, had unveiledplans to install low-cost and hygienic toilet cubicles in places ofpublic congregation across the city, including the bus stands. He had also planned to rope in sponsors to maintain the cubiclesunder public-private partnership mode. The initiative was aimed at preventing conversion of public placesinto open urinals, a problem rampant in the city. The situation hasbeen so bad and perennial that a foul smell pervades the air at thebus stands in the city. Dearth of clean public toilets and the reluctance of people to usethe available ones has been a major problem plaguing the bus standfor several years now. Instead of going in for big structures involving high cost,cubicles of 2x2 metres in size could be installed, Mr.Rao hadreasoned then, pointing out that without putting up public toiletsthe Corporation can not ask people to desist from using publicplaces as open urinals. While several additional toilets were built inside the bus standthen, Mr.Rao towards the end of his tenure here also startedinstalling waterless urinals. About 15 such urinals were installedat the bus stand, but 10 more are yet to be fixed. Tenders were also awarded for installing about 167 toilet cubiclesin different parts of Golden Rock and K.Abishekapuram zones at acost of about Rs.15 lakh. Installed so far Of this, only 16 have been installed so far. Even many of thosewhich have been installed have not been brought to use. There isstill no word about installing such cubicles in the other two zonesof Srirangam and Ariyamangalam in the city. While Mr.Rao had planned to install waterless toilets across thecity to minimise maintenance, the new cubicles have to be cleanedon a daily basis, for which Corporation men and equipment have tobe deployed. This, according to sources in the civic body, has nowcreated a re-think among the corporation authorities now. It is also now mandatory for the civic body to obtain the clearanceof the government for any outsourcing initiative, they added. As part of the initiatives, Mr.Rao also started experimenting withprobiotic treatment to check the foul odour emanating from openurinals and toilets inside the bus stand. Under the eco-friendly technology, ammonia eating micro-bacteria isused to control the odour. The corporation even started imposing penalty of Rs.100 on personsfound urinating in open places inside the bus stand. But all theseinitiatives now seem to have suffered a setback. The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as PU Leather Cloth Manufacturer , Dyed Woven Fabric, and more. For more , please visit Printed Denim Fabric today!
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