Bangalore Gets Hi-Tech Toilets

Bangalore Gets Automatic Toilets Installed at 75 Major Locations

With sanitation problems rising at an alarming rate in the city, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to install e-toilets at various locations. These state-of-the-art toilets are fully automatic and include Global Positioning System (GPS) sensors, to avoid trespassing. Three such toilets were launched in the city, last year, on a pilot basis.

After receiving a positive feedback from Bangaloreans on the pilot project, Mayor BS Satyanarayan, announced to expand the services to other locations as well. He says, "We installed two e-toilets in Krishna Rao Park, this year and one in Dodda Ganapathi Temple, last year. As we received a good response from the public, we have now planned to expand the service across the city. Eram Scientific Solutions Pvt Ltd, a Kerala-based company, has been appointed to take the project forward to 75 major locations across the city."

BBMP will fund the entire project. A total of Rs 4 crore has been allotted to the technology firm, to install 75 more e-toilets. Maintenance, installation and supervision of the electric and sewage connections for the project, will be handled by Eram Scientific Solutions.

The total cost of installing each toilet goes upto Rs 5 lakh. Rahul Shyam, 37, senior service engineer with Eram Scientific Solutions, says, "Each e-toilet costs Rs 3 .7 lakh. This amount is added to the installation cost along with civil work charges to construct sewage, water and electric line. Thus, the total cost in transporting and installing each toilet goes upto Rs 5 lakh." The e-toilets will be installed in crowded areas where people face sanitation problems at large. "We are looking for petrol pumps to install the e-toilets because a lot of people visit them on a daily basis," adds Shyam.

Source: DNA India

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