GHMC to build e-toilets by Jan 26

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is contemplating to install modern electronic toilets (e-toilets) at 17 city locations during phase-1.

According to officials, these public toilets will be modular and pre-fabricated, with user-friendly interfaces for ensuring cleanliness and hygiene.The phase-I works will be over by January 25. During phase-I, the e-toilets would be installed at major tourism spots, bus-stops, and places where public movement is high. 

The project has been sponsored by the State Bank of Hyderabad and the Indian Oil Corporation under their corporate social responsibility initiatives.The e-toilet would be equipped with automatic self-flushing and self-cleaning mechanisms. The unmanned and automated e-toilets would have remote monitoring capabilities and their health status can be tracked through



web. 

The e-toilets would be incorporated with a full-cycle approach in sustainable sanitation by integrating electrical, mechanical and web-mobile technologies that control entry, usage and cleaning and with remote monitoring capabilities. 

Explaining the salient features of the e-toilets, a senior GHMC official told that they would be power-efficient, have coin-operated entry, on-site waste treatment using anaerobic biodegradation and also consume less water.The e-toilets do not require regular manual cleaning and maintenance. The corporation would generate revenues through advertisements. 

The official said that the civic body had been planning to install e-toilets at tourist spots, including Charminar and Golconda.Besides, e-toilets would be set up at General Bazaar, Koti Women's college, Gandhi Hospital and in all IT corridors.