She-toilets in T'puram

The Kerala State Women’s Development Corporation (KSWDC) will set up electronic toilets for women in 23 locations in the capital city. ‘She-toilets’ is a first-of-its-kind in the country, a press release said. Minister for Social Justice and Panchayats MK Muneer will launch the toilets at a function on January 29.

In the first phase, KSWDC in association with the City Corporation will install them in major city centres, tourist locations and places. The project will be rolled out in all districts subsequent phases.

The automatic and unmanned toilets are equipped with stations for changing baby diapers, sanitary napkin vending machines and incinerators, along with self-washing and sterilisation functions, KSWDC chairman P Kulsu said.

They can be controlled and monitored from a remote location using the GPRS technology. Automatic SMS alerts would be received by the control room in case of emergencies such as exhaustion of water tank or filling-up of septic tank.

The toilets also have common facilities such as automatic payment collection; automatic door opening, ‘busy’ and ‘free’ display boards and an automatic platform cleaning system. It is equipped with automated flushing and sterilisation of the commode. Waste decomposition is through bio-enzymes and the used water is recycled for future use.