Restaurateurs clueless about SDMC drive to make their toilets open to women, kids
Day one of South Delhi Municipal Corporation’s initiative to make toilets in restaurants and hotels fall under its jurisdiction, available to women and children, turned out to be a damp squib. Launched with much fanfare by the civic body, the pilot project has still not registered amongst its end users, due to lack of awareness.
DNA spoke to few restaurateurs in south Delhi about the response towards this development and drew a blank from most of them. They claimed that they did not have anyone walking in to specifically use their toilets, indicating that it would be sometime before the move becomes known to people. They, however, expressed reservation on whether it will take off as grandly as envisaged by the SDMC.
“People are very image conscious. So, it is unlikely that they will enter premises only to use the washroom and then walk out. There is every possibility that the person would prefer to spend Rs 100 on a cup of coffee at a coffee shop only to use the facility,” said Kanishq Tuteja, owner, Nukkad in SDA market. At the same time, he clarified that none of the outlets, including his, have ever refused any woman or child from using …read more