The Hindu 25.07.2012
Ombudsman sets deadline for work on bio-toilets
The Ombudsman for Local Self-Government Institutions, G.
Krishnan, has asked the Kochi Corporation to complete the work on the
seven bio-toilets it had proposed to build in the city by September 15.
On Tuesday, the Ombudsman also asked the Corporation to report compliance by the deadline.Pointing
out that the small number of toilets would not be sufficient to meet
the needs of the people in the city, the Ombudsman also asked the
Corporation to find out where else could it build toilets and file a
survey report by September 15.
Mr. Krishnan said it
was the statutory responsibility of the Corporation to build sufficient
number of toilets, especially against the backdrop of the government
plan to impose a penalty of Rs. 100 on those urinating in the open in
the municipal limits.
