Sanitation

Bring toilets at petrol pumps to public use, say stakeholders

Published: January 27, 2019 10:45 am On: Kathmandu | HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE | Kathmandu, January 26

There must be at least a public toilet on the premises of a petrol pump for customers. Many petrol pumps in Kathmandu have public toilets, but these toilets are not open to the public.
Most of the public toilets built on the premises of petrol pumps remain locked and some toilets are not in sorry condition. Most of them do not even have water facility.

मापदण्ड नहुनु, सञ्चालन क्षमता र प्रतिस्पर्धा नहुनु” काठमाडौंमा सार्वजनिक शौचालय सञ्चालनका चुनौती

निर्माण जस्तो पनि र जसरी पनि हुन्छ तर कसरी चलाउने भन्ने कुरो चाहिँ मुख्य हो

Rethinking toilets

November 19, 2018 00:30 AM Prakash Amatya

One in three persons in the world lives without a decent toilet, which means much fecal waste is not safely dealt with

खेलमैदानका शौचालय लथालिंग

पुस ३, २०७५प्रशान्त माली
ललितपुर — खेलमैदान अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विशिष्ट व्यक्तित्व सहभागी हुनेमध्येको स्थान हो । खेल चलिरहेका बेला शुल्क तिरेर मैदान प्रवेश गर्ने दर्शकलाई शौचालयको सुविधा हुनु अत्यावश्यक हुन्छ ।

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Let’s talk about Post-Defecation now!

Sonam Lama

KATHMANDU, Nov 19: Can you imagine frantically rushing a kilometer just to use a toilet every day? This is the reality that 40-year-old Rita Shahi, a resident of Bhimukteshwor near Bishnumati bridge, Teku, has been facing for the past eight years now. When she feels the nature’s call, getting to the nearest toilet seeks solution to a tough challenge for the day. “Whenever possible, I rush to one of the public toilets nearby. At other times, toilets at the vegetable market in Kalimati serve to my needs of urgency.