The Hindu 14.02.2014
More sanitary complexes soon
To prevent open defecation and ensure hygiene within the
corporation limits, the civic body has proposed to construct more
Integrated Sanitary Complexes.
The one constructed at
a cost of Rs. 9.95 lakh at Anna Nagar Chellakuttikadu in Ward 58 was
opened on Thursday by Mayor S. Soundappan.
The complex would have uninterrupted water supply with toilets, and washing facilities.
Officials
said that in the absence of individual toilet facilities, open
defecation prevails at many areas under the corporation limits.
Though
subsidy is given to individuals to construct toilet, many hesitate to
undertake the work, and continue to defecate in the open. Hence to
prevent it, new sanitary complexes are being constructed.
Toilets
in deplorable condition will be renovated. Toilet facilities will be
made available in all schools, anganwadi centres, and in residential
areas, so that defecating in the open would stop.
The Mayor laid the foundation stone for construction of a sanitary complex in Kondalamapatti zone at a cost of Rs. 15.50 lakh.