As a woman who has spent about a decade working in a job that requires being on the field, the state of public toilets in India is really appalling. Every time you travel, irrespective of the place, you dread the restroom visits.
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You either drink less water and risk dehydration and other health issues or somehow use the ill maintained dirty restrooms. Some don't have water, some without dustbins and many without locks in the doors.
Every woman in India has somehow learnt the skill of squating and holding the door at the same time. Even the paid restrooms are no better. The only difference is that the water taps won't close there leading to terribly wet floors (they throw the water at you for paying )
The absence of enough restrooms is another issue. In many petrol pumps, they have a restroom because it is a mandate but it is locked. I remember a petrol pump manager opening a small AC back office so that I could use a restroom. This is a rare occurrence.
Long route buses will stop only once or twice in the entire journey and women are supposed to control in case they wish to pee. Men on the other hand can randomly get off at a highway and relieve themselves.
When will this change? I don't know. But the sad part is, the problem this huge is not even a part of our public discourse. No politician or bureaucrat talks about it because a.They are mostly men and b. They are too rich to think about this "petty issue"!
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