Kathmandu: Many passers-by walking in the city defecate in the open. Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) stated that over 50 per cent passers by defecate on the footpaths despite having the facility of public toilets. “Four years ago, about 1100 people used to use public toilets every day. Number of toilet users have decreased by half at present,” said Rabin Man Shrestha, Chief of Environment Department at KMC.
The KMC stated that the tendency of random defecation has increased due to lack of awareness on sanitation, high fee for using public toilet and lack of knowledge about public toilets in the people who enter Kathmandu city for the first time from different parts of the country.
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Sachin Tomar // April 30, 2008 at 3:09 am
The same problems are in many hilly areas of India. In some areas where illegal residents are living, the government is not willing to make toilets for them for political reasons. The condition is quite bad. I wonder how this problem can be solved!
ShutUp // May 4, 2008 at 7:18 am
“The KMC stated that the tendency of random defecation has increased due to lack of awareness on sanitation, high fee for using public toilet and lack of knowledge about public toilets in the people who enter Kathmandu city for the first time from different parts of the country.”
The major problem is the “lack of enough number of public toilets” itself - others are secondary.
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