Soon find a public toilet in Delhi through your mobile

NDMC in July launched a campaign to where toilets in South Delhi can be located in Google maps.
Image for representation purpose only.
Image for representation purpose only.

Soon Delhiites will be able to locate the nearest toilet through their mobile phones. After New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) started a campaign for locating toilets in South Delhi with the help of Google maps, The Delhi High Court has directed the municipal bodies to carry out mapping and geo-tagging of public toilets to make them more accessible for citizens.

A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar perused the affidavits of tri-furcated Municipal Corporation of Delhi and could not ascertain where such washrooms exist.

"It is therefore directed as follows. Let the Municipal Corporations place before us a mapping of these public toilets. All agencies shall explore and examine the possibility as well as the feasibility of mapping the locations of these public toilets by way of geo-tagging and making the same available, by an appropriate application, to all mobile users or otherwise on the Internet to facilitate accessibility of all information regarding the location of public toilets," it said.

NDMC in July launched a campaign to where toilets in South Delhi can be located in Google maps. NDMC also asked the user to provide feedback through the App linked with Google.

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