When we ask “Why is the toilet dirty?” we trace its origin to many diverse and interrelated toilet issues, including design, behaviour, public health, social graciousness, cleaning skills and methods, building maintenance, accessibility, technologies, public education and even water. These issues are also different in each kind of building e.g. a factory’s toilet serves different
Public toilets are places where one is compelled to ease oneself in unfamiliar surroundings among strangers of the same sex. Therefore, the fundamental principles of the design of toilets include psychological studies and not just physical clearances and space requirement. A number of different activity spaces are needed in a toilet: space occupied by the
To make it swifter for tourists and citizens to access washrooms, the Delhi Tourism department will soon come up with a map of Delhi pointing out the places where public toilets can be found. The map would be available online as well as in the tourist offices. The project is expected to be completed before
Public amenities at 10 heritage monuments in the capital will get a facelift ahead of the Commonwealth Games. While new public toilets will be constructed at four complexes that are expected to be the biggest tourist hot spots, existing facilities at six other places will be upgraded. The new facilities will be maintained by the
We do not know what civic sense is, states singer and composer Shibani Kashyap
Cleaning is not a once-a-month affair, says TV actor Mona Singh I’ve been to many places like US, the Middle-East and Europe. I’ve noticed that most of the cities are very well maintained and pristine. Especially states like Chicago, Atlanta & Miami in the USA and Dubai in the Middle East are stunningly clean and