Toilets

Instead of encouraging women to leave their marital homes due to the absence of toilets, she is empowering them to fight for their rights and enable the construction of one.

Eram Scientific's e-toilets are showing how sustainable sanitation can be provided for the nearly 600 million Indians who still defecate in the open.

From the design point of view, the footrest of the regular toilet has seen an ergonomic development. It is elevated at an angle which makes it easier for the user to squat on. Besides, the toilet also has a universal demarcation to help the visually impaired access it.

When the men in the villages showed no interest, 22 women joined hands to encourage families in their district to fund the construction of toilets themselves by providing the means.

This circular was issued by DK Gayen, head of the Human Resources department for the Indian Railways. It mandated that random surprise checks be conducted by inspectors of Personnel department and the sub-departments to review and list the names of unauthorised absentees.

The Social Justice Department has already sent across its proposal and is yet to receive a reply from KSRTC for permissions.

Inspired by the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and its focus on eliminating open defecation, Rashmii Tiwarii, an architect from Hyderabad, reuses PET bottles to construct public restrooms.

The late soldier's village has 1,030 houses, of which 800 have individual toilets. The remaining households, which lack individual toilets will have the facility by October 2.

Women self-help groups in the villages of Jehanabad have become the harbingers of social change by convincing people about the usefulness of building toilets at homes and ending open defecation. Mohd Imran Khan takes a closer look.

Four public toilets in Bansdroni have created a separate space for transgender people, thanks to the efforts of Sobhan Mukherjee.