Cherthala town and neighborhood are badly in need of public toilets. Elderly persons suffering from prostate and urinary infections find it very difficult meet their natural calls while in Cherthala. Cherthala is the land of great leaders like Antonyji and Vayalarji and when one visits this place his day often ends up in disgrace.
The municipality is the custodian of public toilets. The public toilets installed long back are neglected and the present rulers are interested only in e-toilets. By spending several lakhs of rupees two e-toilets were purchased by the municipality but kept in safe custody without installing. The reason told is, the municipal authority has apprehension about the feasibility of these toilets. The news from neighboring place Aroor where one e-toilet installed is, however, not in favor of putting a new one. In Aroor the e-toilet is in an abandoned condition and the users enter e-toilet for not the purpose it is meant but for safe intake of liquors. The other reason it is heard from Cherthala is that it is very difficult find a political leader capable of inaugurating an e-toilet.
The people of Cherthala are mostly peace loving except some skirmish around Poochackal and elsewhere. That is why they have no intense protest against waste disposal and negligence of the municipality. The waste collection and disposal system of the Municipality are poor and fish vendors are polluting the entire street with waste water from fish containers. Mosquito growth in the town has multiplied, and if it goes at the present rate the land of filariasis will regain its past ‘glory’
K A Solaman
The Deccan Chronicle published 15-10-12
The Deccan Chronicle published 15-10-12
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"Cherthala municipal chairperson Jayalakshmi Anilkumar said that it was planning to install e-toilets in the municipality.
Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, the municipal chairperson said that three e-toilets with a total estimate of Rs 15.75 lakh will be installed in three locations in the municipality.
She later told The Hindu that one of the toilet was funded under the municipality’s budget and two others were expected to be funded under the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) of MP and Union Minister of State for Power, K.C. Venugopal. The e- toilets were expected to be ready in two months. KELTRON has been entrusted with the setting up of these toilets, she said."
This is a news item dated 12 March 2012 in the Hindu Daily. No toilet has been installed yet.
-K A Solaman
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