A hi-tech pay and use public toilet constructed near Deputy Commissioners (DC) Office by now defunct Mysore Agenda Task Force (MATF) under Public Private Participation (PPP) in the City, will be thrown open for public use from today.
Funded by the city-based industrialist R Guru, who was also a member of MATF, the toilets have been constructed at the cost of Rs 2.40 lakh on 15/23 feet plot near the Canteen at the DCs office. Its architecture is based on a German model of public urinals and toilet.
Ironically the DCs office, a prestigious heritage structure which is visited on an average by at least about 2,000 people each day, had no toilet for the public at all. As a result, people, both men and women, were forced to attend to the natures call in open space.
The fee for the toilet use is fixed at Rs 2 and no fee will be charged for use of urinals. There are four toilets and four urinals for men and two each for women. For womens toilet, no fee will be charged,added Mr Lakshamana of MATF.
The DC office will take care of maintenance work. To begin with, a person will be appointed to take care of the maintenance work and also to collect the fee from the public .
In all, there is a plan to construct 22 toilets across the city through Public Private Participation.
We are ready to take up construction of these toilets. But our hands are tied as MCC has not given necessary permission and land. Several letters written in this regard have been in vain. Had MCC been cooperative, the project would have been completed by now, he added.
Though several toilets were constructed several months ago, none of them are open for public use. I do not know what MCC plans are with regard to these structures meant for the public. They stand as a testimony of laxity on the part of MCC in delivering utility services, remarked Mr Lakshamana.
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