Mumbai: Public toilet worth Rs. 90L built at Marine Drive
A swanky and eco-friendly public toilet equipped with solar panel and vacuum technology to save water has come up at Marine Drive in South Mumbai. Built at a whopping cost of Rs. 90L, the facility will be of great help to the general public, including joggers and cyclists, who throng the iconic promenade, and there's no fee to use it, a civic official said.
Toilet was inaugurated by Sena youth wing leader Aditya Thackeray
Shiv Sena's youth wing leader Aditya Thackeray inaugurated the six-block toilet yesterday. Leading alloy-maker JSW Steel, Samatech Foundation, the social development arm of Samatech company, and the Nariman Point Churchgate Citizens' Association came together to set up the facility. A toilet generally requires 8 liters of water for a single flush, but this facility uses only 800ml of water, a JSW Steel official said.
Vacuum technology to prevent raw-sewage from going to Marine Drive
Samatech Foundation says the toilet will also help the environment. "Besides saving water, the toilet's vacuum technology will prevent a few million liters of raw sewage from getting flushed directly into the Marine Drive bay each year," Akshat Gupta, co-founder of Samatech Foundation, said.
