Hyderabad has a very "liberal" attitude when it comes to answering natures calls. Almost everyone seems to think "As long as it is out of your body, it doesn't matter where it goes".
I stay in an apartment adjoining a stream of sewage. Right on the main road, is a long compound wall and a relatively well constructed pavement. These are very attractive places for the "Filled-up and the Restless" to relieve themselves. There is also a moderately maintained Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation's (GHMC) public toilet. GHMC has strategically constructed such toilets at various locations in Hyderabad close to such places that are used as public toilet. However, the GHMC toilets are clearly not used properly. I think it is because of the one-rupee that is charged for use. Now this is a problem statement. The solution is to conceive a way by which the use of this (or any public) toilet can be enforced.
I think this issue is directly related to Standard of Living, though the benefits can be intangible prima facie. So, I am interested to do something to ensure that this trend doesn't continue. I am willing to take suggestions on this.
The questions that I have be answered are
I stay in an apartment adjoining a stream of sewage. Right on the main road, is a long compound wall and a relatively well constructed pavement. These are very attractive places for the "Filled-up and the Restless" to relieve themselves. There is also a moderately maintained Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation's (GHMC) public toilet. GHMC has strategically constructed such toilets at various locations in Hyderabad close to such places that are used as public toilet. However, the GHMC toilets are clearly not used properly. I think it is because of the one-rupee that is charged for use. Now this is a problem statement. The solution is to conceive a way by which the use of this (or any public) toilet can be enforced.
I think this issue is directly related to Standard of Living, though the benefits can be intangible prima facie. So, I am interested to do something to ensure that this trend doesn't continue. I am willing to take suggestions on this.
The questions that I have be answered are
- If you live in Hyderabad or a place that has similar attitude, do you think the cause the one-rupee charge?
- If, so, is that the only cause?
- How to collect the money?
- How to safe-guard and disburse the money (vending machine?)
- How to advertise the fund and advertise against the use of compound wall or sewage.
- Do you have any alternative/better/easier/more sensible ideas?
- If not at least do you think that this idea can be modified/improved?
1 comment:
naah! Re.1/- is not a constraint. It is the law-enforcement that is the constraint. We have lived all these years peacefully ;-) and now a sudden restriction and need to walk a couple more steps when in need is the constraint.
Am reading a book called 'Freakonomics' and according to that, humans do things only for incentives. Thinking in that line, what is the incentive that makes me look for GHMC-toilets when I have an acre of free land right in front of me?!
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