The Hindu             22.11.2013

60 public toilets renovated

To accord a thrust to hygiene, the City Corporation has carried out repair works and renovation in 60 of the 245 public toilets in the 60 wards, official sources said.

In addition to the 730 full-time conservancy workers, the Corporation has been depending on 380 members of self-help groups for maintaining the toilets.

The sanctioned strength of conservancy workers is 843, though, as per norms, there should be 1,396 workers, said the sources.

Privatisation

It was to bridge the requirement that the Corporation had roped in members of women self-help groups paying Rs. 250 each for a work day. The Corporation Council had already adopted a resolution for privatising sanitation upkeep in 16 Wards.

Four wards in each of the four zones have been identified for privatising maintenance of these toilets, sources said.

Once the privatisation takes effect, the shortage of conservancy workers would not be felt , the sources said.