Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has waived user’s fee for use of public toilets in all municipal corporations, municipalities and NAC areas of the State till August 31.
The decision has been taken to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).
In a letter to the Commissioners, Executive Officers of Municipalities and NACs, the State Government said general public should be allowed to use toilet and bathing facilities in all public toilet, community toilet and hybrid toilet including those maintained by Sulabh International and other service providing agencies till August 31.
The agencies maintaining the public toilets should not comprise the standards of hygiene in the toilet complex, the letter said.
“If the outsourced agencies are not agreeable for a reasonable compensation then the agencies may be replaced by a SHG / Federation / Community Interest Group (CIG] invoking the powers vested under the Epidemic Act and other regulations in this regard,” it added.