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Water and Sanitation | Loo & behold, city?s first smart toilet

Loo & behold, city?s first smart toilet

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published Published on Oct 3, 2016   modified Modified on Oct 3, 2016
-The Times of India

New Delhi: A toilet that runs on solar power, has a water ATM to provide drinking water and vending machines for snacks and sanitary napkins: The city's first smart toilet, inaugurated on Sunday by the New Delhi Municipal Council at Rafi Marg to mark the second anniversary of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, has all that and more.

NDMC chairman Naresh Kumar said the smart toilet design would be replicated across the country. Some Asian countries too had evinced interest in the project, he added.

Inaugurating the toilet block, home minister Rajnath Singh lauded the efforts of NDMC. He said: "NDMC scores big on Swachh standards and ranks fourth on the list of cities in Swachh Sarvekashan -2016. It was ranked 15th in 2014 among the country's local bodies."

The smart toilet is part of NDMC's smart city project. Kumar said: "We have inaugurated 14 public toilets and a smart toilet in our area. We have also sanctioned the construction of 110 more public toilets so that people could stop relieving themselves in the open."

Singh announced two competitions under the banner of "Delhi Swachhta Awards" -- one for schools and another for offices -- to promote cleanliness on school and office premises. The award includes a trophy and Rs 10 lakh in cash prize to the winning school and offices.

On Sunday, the three corporations carried out a special sanitation drive. North Corporation commissioner PK Gupta directed officials to identify the number of dhalaos that needed renovation. The north and south civic bodies have commissioned the construction of 214 new toilets under the build-operate-transfer model.

Inagurating 46 toilet blocks on the eve of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, South Corporation commissioner Puneet Goel said: "We have commissioned 120 public toilets, of which 20 are for women only."
 
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