After mid-day’s report, one of two 70-seater toilets opened; locals say facility will enhance safety

Following a mid-day report highlighting how two 70-seater public lavatories inaugurated in 2023 were still locked, one of them has finally been opened to the public. The other is expected to be operational soon. Residents of Aarey Milk Colony ’s slum pockets and tribal hamlets had long demanded functional toilets, citing the risk of encountering leopards while defecating in the open.

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Assistant Municipal Commissioner of P South ward, Ajay Patne, said, “The 70-seater toilet facility at Unit 31 has been opened following the completion of the water supply connection. We are also working to operationalise the 70-seater toilet at Unit 7 and expect it to be functional soon.” When

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