eToilets in Visakhapatnam unaffected by cyclone

Four electronic public toilets installed in Visakhapatnam were unaffected by cyclone "Hudhud", which hit the city last week.

Kerala-based company Eram Scientific Solutions, which developed the automated public toilet units, said it received photographs of the eToilets Saturday which showed the country's first electronic public toilets were "standing unaffected".

"We were not able to contact our service engineer in Visakhapatnam for over a week due to the broken communication lines. We received the photographs Saturday which showed the electronic public toilets were standing unaffected," company CEO Anwar Sadat told IANS.

The four eToilets were installed at R.K. Beach (two), Diamond Park and Jagathamba.

eToilets have already proven their structural strength and exceptional functional stability in extreme temperatures and in climatic conditions as diverse as Jammu and Kashmir and Kerala, the company said.

The company has installed over 600 eToilets in 11 states so far.

The devastating cyclone claimed 32 lives and injured 43 people in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam, Srikakulam and Vijayanagaram districts and caused massive damage to the infrastructure.