The Kathmandu Municipal Corporation (KMC) is planning to construct mobile toilets in 50 different locations in collaboration with private sector. KMC has stated that these mobile toilets will solve the problem of lack of public toilets in the municipality.[...] An agreement was made among the stakeholders including the KMC, the Department of Roads and traffic police for construction of mobile toilets in the municipality a year ago.
The Solid Waste Management and Resource Mobilization Centre had operated mobile toilets in Kathmandu Durbar Square and some other public places more than a decade ago. [S]carcity of water, faulty toilet structure and difficulty in disposing the toilet waste properly as the main reasons for failure of the toilets after 2 years of operation.
The KMC plans to operate the toilets mainly in busy public places and in the places of activities like mass gathering, festivals and public meetings.
Source: Rama Luintel, Annapurna Post / NGO Forum, 18 Aug 2008
There are currently 8 mobile toilets in operation in Nepal, including one in Lalitpur, which was constructed by the Centre for Energy Studies, Institute of Engineering and Kantipur Research Academy with technical and financial support of UN-HABITAT.
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