The Asian Age

SDMC staff to inspect toilets’ on daily basis

- AGE CORRESPOND­ENT

Intensifyi­ng its efforts to ensure cleanlines­s and full operation of its public toilets under a special drive, the SDMC has deployed around 125 engineers to inspect them on a daily basis so that the noticed deficienci­es get rectified immediatel­y.

According to a senior official, there are 365 toilets under the ambit of the South Delhi Municipal Corporatio­n (SDMC), which are under being closely monitored by the senior officials. This apart, 136 toilets at petrol pumps are also being monitored under the ongoing special drive by the SDMC.

Also, 79 toilets at the malls and those opened in hotels and restaurant­s situated in the markets for women and children also being inspected regularly by SDMC staff.

People can register complaints about the various shortcomin­gs of the public toilets on Union urban developmen­t ministry’s Swachhata App, Umesh Sachdeva, the engineer in-chief of SDMC said.

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