To help women and girls access hygienic washrooms in busy markets, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation inaugurated the first ‘pink toilet’ in Vikaspuri on the special occasion of the International Girl Child Day. The first of its kind, this ‘Pink Toilet’ is designed in a systematic manner and offers a lot of services for the convenience of women.The toilet is equipped with vending machines for sanitary napkins, incinerator facilities and feeding area for breastfeeding mothers! Sounds like a perfect gift to women!
According to the South Delhi Municipal Corporation mayor, Kamaljeet Sehrawat, the market in Vikaspuri has been chosen as it sees a high footfall of women and girls and they always face a lot of problems in accessing hygienic toilets and toilets with sanitary napkins and facilities for their safe disposal. The civic agency aims to open more such toilets in various busy markets also. They soon plan to start inviting applications from people desiring to open such facilities in their area. They have also requested users of the ‘Pink Toilet’ to keep it clean so that the next user does not face any problem.
We all know that women in India have to go without peeing for hours and sometimes even an entire work day as women’s restrooms are not readily available here and if they are, they dirty, stinky and without any basic facilities. So a move like this is indeed a great step in the direction of women empowerment and will surely encourage more and more women to step out in public places and move around freely. Irrespective of the colour they get painted, as somewhere assigning a particular colour to such toilets can perpetuate stereotype about women, we definitely need more toilet like these as they will surely go a long way in providing a convenient and safe place for women.
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