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Toilets with no doors, no water, no electricity in Vasai
Updated On: 07 January, 2023 07:37 AM IST | Mumbai | Diwakar Sharma
Hundreds of women in Vasai East chawl forced to relieve themselves in the open, say no action from civic officials despite repeated complaints for six months
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Residents of the chawl say that apart from lack of door, water or power connection, no sanitation worker has ever visited these for cleaning. Pic/Hanif Patel
Decrepit toilets, which do not have doors, let alone water or electricity, are forcing the residents of Sant Jalaram Bapu Nagar chawl in Vasai to defecate openly. The women, who are the most-affected, told mid-day that they can only use the toilets, constructed by the Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation a decade ago, before dawn or after sunset. They also pointed at the close proximity of the railway tracks, which means there is no privacy at all. They alleged that despite repeated complaints to the civic body, no action has been taken.
As no action was taken to remedy the situation despite the residents of Sant Jalaram Bapu Nagar chawl in Vasai writing to the civic body as well as local politicians and officials, they approached mid-day to highlight the issue. They said that they filed a complaint with the VVCMC chief in October last year when the entire country was marking Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, but “the civic officials, with their inaction, made a mockery of the cleanliness campaign”.
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