Connect with us

Regional

Delhi gets 20 new modern, user friendly public toilets

Published

8 years ago

on

toiletNew Delhi:The national capital on Wednesday got installed modern and user friendly public toilets made of high-end composite materials used in aircraft and high class rail coaches in 20 different locations, costing Rs.13 lakh each.

Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated one such ‘Swachh Sauchalay’ consisting of four toilet seats and four urinals at Sikka Market in Preet Vihar of East Delhi.

Speaking on the occasion, Naidu said: “There is a shortfall of about 4,000 public toilets in the three MCD areas and measures are being taken to bridge the gap under Swachh Bharat Mission.”

Naidu said about 6.50 per cent of urban people use public toilets and the required infrastructure needs to be ensured in urban areas.

Stressing that Delhi should lead by example in ensuring cleanliness, Naidu urged the people, municipal bodies and the Delhi government to rise to the occasion.

These toilets have been installed by the National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC), a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) of the ministry of urban development, under Corporate Social Responsibility.

Such toilets will be made available at 10 more locations by NBCC.

Naidu said that the ‘Namma’ modular toilets are in use in Tamil Nadu.

Referring to the need of water supply and sewer connection for use of toilets and treatment of human waste, Naidu said his ministry has recently sanctioned Rs.223 crore to Delhi under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT).

Under this, Rs.113 crore will be spent on providing water supply connection and Rs.104 crore on improving sewerage networks.

The locations being provided with modern public toilets in East Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) are: Preet Vihar, Veer Sawarkar Hospital, Swamy Dayanand Hospital, DDA Market (Mayur Vihar Ph-II), Anand Vihar, Loni Road Petrol Pump, Seelampur Metro Station, C-12 Block (Yamuna Vihar) and New Jaffrabad.

In South MCD, the locations are near Uphaar Cinema, near DTC Depot Kalu Sarai, Munirka DDA Flats, near Fortis Hospital, near Nehru Place Metro Station and Nehru Place District Centre.

In North Delhi, the locations are near Samaypur Badli Metro Station, GT Road (Azadpur), Nangloi Metro Station, Faseel Road and Old Tonga Stand Railway Parcel Centre, SPM Marg.

 

 

Related Topics:
Continue Reading

Home

What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

Published

2 years ago

on

May 5, 2022

By

The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

Continue Reading

Trending