Coimbatore Corporation will soon throw open four sensor-based paid toilets in Gandhipuram and Race Course. It has installed the toilets on the town bus stand premises and in northern part of Race Course.
The stainless steel enclosures of the toilets are fitted with sensors - doors will let in users only if there is water in the attached tank, and sensors will trigger the flush after usage, says a Corporation engineer.
The four toilets will be under the pay-and-use system but the civic body has not yet decided on the rates. There will be one each for men and women in both the locations.
The Corporation has spent ₹24 lakh on the project.
The Corporation has applied for power connection for the four toilets and has obtained sanction for the ones in Race Course. It expects to get the connection for the ones in Gandhipuram and soon thereafter they will be thrown open to public.
The source adds that it will a first-of-the-kind public convenience facility for the city and is on a trial basis. The manufacturer - a company from Pune - will also take care of the maintenance. If the maintenance is good and the usage is also good, then the Corporation may go in for more such toilets.
The civic body recently renovated public convenience facilities across the city and almost rebuilt the one in the western side of Gandhipuram Town Bus Stand as part of the Swachh Bharat Mission. It is also in the process of helping people without toilets construct one in their houses.
