Shimla: In Himachal’s capital Shimla, the Municipal Corporation has withdrawn the decision to charge Rs 5 for using urinal from men in public toilets. There was a lot of uproar over the decision and the Municipal Corporation was facing embarrassment, after which the Mayor of the Municipal Corporation said that the fee will not be charged.
Municipal Corporation Mayor Surendra Chauhan said while talking to the media that the Municipal Corporation will not charge any kind of fee for public toilets. The maintenance of public toilets in the city is done by Sulabh International and the Municipal Corporation pays them Rs 2 lakh 44 thousand every month in return.
Subhal International had filed a petition in the High Court regarding the fee, which is being heard, but the Municipal Corporation is going to put its side in the court that no fee should be charged from anyone in public toilets. He said that women are also not being charged. In such a situation, men will also not have to pay any fee for using public washrooms.
He said that whatever income is generated from public toilets does not go to the Municipal Corporation, it is only maintained by Sulabh International and every year the Municipal Corporation issues a tender for one year for the maintenance of toilets in the city.