The design for bio-toilets that are to be set up at the city’s beaches is ready. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) had, last year, directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to install toilets along the seashore so that beaches are not soiled. The BMC, which recently received a fabricated bio-toilet, announced this project in May 2022.

The first such toilet will be set up at Juhu beach, according to a civic official. These toilets will also have a facility for transgender people. “Installation of bio-toilets will start soon,” said Anant Bhagwatkar, assistant municipal commissioner of the solid waste management department. “We need to make a concrete base for the installation of this toilet. There will be seven seats in each toilet—three for men, two for women, one for transgender individuals and a western toilet for the differently abled,” he added.