As PM Modi’s deadline to end open-defecation across the country approaches, solutions such as the eToilet are becoming sustainable, efficient and cost-effective alternatives.
For years, Komalavalli, 34, carried an empty bottle along with her lunch box to work at a cloth shop in north Kerala’s Kozhikkode district. The empty bottle was for her to carry water to wash up after using a filthy, clogged-up public toilet that made her retch every time she used it.
Her nightmare ended when Kozhikkode’s civic body installed an eToilet, an unmanned public utility that is sensor-based, self-cleaning and eco-friendly.
Designed and produced by Thiruvananthapuram-based company, Eram Scientific Solutions, the eToilet revolutionised public sanitation in India, where millions of people still don’t have access to modern toilets, especially in rural areas.
The Eram group’s USP is the close monitoring of all eToilets installed across the country by its executives sitting in office. There’s even a mobile app that directs users to the nearest eToilet.
Read more of this unique solution in a report by Ramesh Babu published in the Hindustan Times.....
