AGARTALA, July 16 (TIWN): Agartala Municipal Corporation has taken the initiative to build a total of 17 public toilets across the corporation areas to cut issues of ‘lack of public toilets’ across the capital city Agartala.

It is worthy to be mentioned that earlier during the year 2014, the High Court of Tripura restoring the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) ordered the urban development department to built public toilets and has set a deadline.

However, public toilets to be built at Narsingarh bazaar, Durga Chowmuhani, Mahatma Gandhi Smriti H.S. School, Aralia Bazar, heritage park, Chanmari, Nandan Nagar, Amtali, Astabal, Old Central jail area, Asram Chowmuhani, Kashipur, Old motor stand, Camper Bazar, Womens college area, Dim Sagar, and also drop gate.

Recently, AMC official confirmed that the construction of the public toilet is completed in IGM Chowmuhani, GB and Battala super market area.  

These toilets will fulfill the needs of thousands of people, especially those who travel through this road regularly.

The total numbers of toilet lists along with the location for building up the toilets has already been sent to the court.

Reportedly, in 2014 One Soma Das, 35, a government teacher in Phulcherrri senior basic school in Kamalpur subdivision of Dhalai district, had written a letter in Bengali to Chief Justice Gupta on July 19, 2014, apprising him of the problems faced by women visitors to the state capital because of lack of adequate public toilets.

In the hearing, the Agartala Municipal Corporation authority said that there was lack of space in the capital for building new toilets, and the state government advocated backed the argument.

However, the judges expressed dissatisfaction over the replies, saying they were not acceptable, as so many new buildings were coming up in the state capital.

However, this initiative by AMC is taken for improving heath by providing sanitary toilets and promoting their use among the public. However, this initiative of AMC has attached importance to public hygiene sanitation.  If the construction is taken seriously it will be very helpful for the people and equally the quality sanitation will be maintained in the city.