Bengaluru has far fewer public toilets compared with other cities: Survey

Chennai, Hyderabad, and Ahmedabad have more in proportion to the population

The number of public and community toilets in Bengaluru is very low when compared with the number of toilets in cities such as Chennai, Hyderabad, and Ahmedabad in proportion to the population, pointed out a survey of toilets in the city submitted to the High Court of Karnataka on Thursday. The survey report states that operation and maintenance of community toilets by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike is poor but those community toilets maintained by private agencies are comparatively better. However, the maintenance of public toilets appears to be quite good when compared with community toilets, the report states. Chennai, Hyderabad, and Ahmedabad have better community and public toilet ratio per 1,000 population, per square kilometre, per ward, and per 100 km road length, the report stated. For example, Chennai and Ahmedabad have 25 and 15 toilets, respectively, per 100 km road length but Bengaluru as only five.