SOCECOL E8 Lecture 13: Restroom Justice in Mumbai
26 May 2016
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Restroom justice in mumbai: mumbai is india"s largest city with 20 million residents, with one common misery: too many people and too few toilets, millions people depend on public toilets in dark buildings operated by men. There are 5,993 public toilets for men with an additional 2,466 urinals. There are 3,536 toilets for women: men collect the fees. The urinals are free, usually just a wall or drainage trench. But woman are regularly charged to urinate, despite regulations saying they should not be. Even if you say you are only urinating, they say, how do we know?" said yagna parmar, another social activist invovled in the campaign. Dr. kamaxi bhati, a physician and a researcher, linked the toilet situation in mumbai directly to female health problems, especially a high incidence of urinary tract and bladder infections.
