The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has allocated funds to build more public toilets in the city between 2021-22. However, promises made in the previous years remain unfulfilled and public sanitation services in Mumbai are largely inaccessible. What are some of the conditions impacting the construction of public toilets? In 2020, civic authorities had cleared proposals for 22,770 toilets across the city, but only 20 percent were built till August-September of the same year. That didn't stop the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) from allocating Rs 323 crore towards building 20,000 more public toilets in February 2021. Public toilet at Akurli road.…
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