Women to be given priority under Swachh Bharat Mission
One Community Toilet seat per 25 Women and one Public Toilet seat per 50 Women to be Built
44 lakh Public Toilets in the Country as per 2011 Census
Urban Population to Increase by 293 million by 2030
Women will be accorded priority under the Swachh Bharat Mission while constructing community and public toilets. One community toilet seat per 25 women and one public community toilet seat per 50 women will be built under the Mission as against one seat per 35 and 100 men respectively.
This was informed by the Minister of State for Urban Development and Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Shri Babul Supriyo to the Rajya Sabha today in a written reply to Smt.Vandana Chavan who wanted to of any gender bias in accessing public toilets in cities of the country.
Community toilets are proposed to be built under Swachh Bharat Mission for common use of local communities in an area with 40% Viability Gap Funding/Grant from the Ministry of Urban Development. Public toilets are to be built on pay and use basis.
Shri Babul Supriyo further informed the House that as per 2011 Census, 44,04,752 public toilets were available in the cities. Maharashtra tops the list with 22 lakh public toilets followed by Tamil Nadu with 7 lakhs, Karnataka-2.26 lakhs, NCT of Delh-2.00 lakhs, West Bengal-1.86 lakhs, Gujarat-1.80 lakhs, Andhra Pradesh-1.12 lakhs and Chattisgarh with 66,000.
Under Swachh Bharat Mission launched on October 2, 2014, it is targeted to build 1.04 crore household toilets and five lakh community and public toilet seats by 2019.
Shri Babul Supriyo also informed the Rajya Sabha that urban population in the country will increase by 293 million in the next 15 years i.e by 2030. Replying to Shri T.Rathinavel, the Minister informed that the urban population will reach a level of 670 million by 2030 constituting 42.40% of the total population.
As per 2011 Census, the urban population in the country was 377 million accounting for over 31% of total population.
AAR
February 26, 2015