Now, find toilets in Lutyens’ Delhi on Google maps
Over 300 public toilets in the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) area can now be located on Google Maps. The civic body has launched a toilet locator awareness campaign, under which community toilets besides those located at petrol pumps, railway stations and bus stands are being added to the database.
In a bid to curb open defecation under the Prime Minister’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, the NDMC started the Google Toilet Locator Awareness Campaign in Lutyens’ Delhi on Wednesday. The month-long campaign will conclude on August 11.
Last year, the civic body had geo-tagged toilets on Google maps, including the municipal toilets and those located at malls, railway stations, petrol pumps, and other public places. Also, the Council has uploaded 331 Public Toilets Unit (PTUs) on the NDMC 311 Application as well as the Google maps.
The campaign, under the Union Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD), was launched from the civic body’s Smart Toilet Block at Rafi Marg. “As part of the campaign, we have to undertake the exercise of locating the community and public toilets, which include municipal toilets and those at the public places. We hope to encourage people to use toilets rather than defecate in the open,” Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) …read more
