Mayor appeals for Swachhta

New Delhi: In line with the Swachh Bharat Mission, North Delhi Mayor Adesh Gupta on Sunday appealed to people to not urinate or defecate in the open and use public conveniences instead to respond to nature's call. 

Ironically, even after the NDMC declared all its 104 wards "open-defecation free" on December 31, people have been relieving themselves in the open. 

Gupta said information related to all the toilets located in the NDMC's areas has been uploaded on Google Maps and residents should locate nearby public convenience for usage and give their feedback. 

"The North Delhi Municipal Corporation has adequate number of community and public toilets as per the yardstick of the Swachh Bharat Mission. People should not urinate or defecate in the open to maintain the area as ODF," the mayor was quoted as saying in a statement by the NDMC. 

Gupta said there are 623 community toilet complexes (CTCs), including those of the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board's, with 7,985 seats for men and 7,410 seats for women. 

"Besides, there are a total of 2,064 seats for men and 3,257 seats for women available in public toilets, including the ones at petrol pumps, restaurants, metro stations and Delhi Development Authority markets falling in the areas under the jurisdiction of the 
NDMC," he said.  

Gupta said necessary directions have been issued to all public and private agencies to allow general public to use toilets in their premises. 

Apart from these, there are sufficient public urinals in the NDMC's areas, he added. In addition to that, from time-to-time as per fresh requirement, the NDMC constructs new toilets, he said.