Moving India Towards Better Sanitization

As I started my day travelling early morning for my college I saw a structure made up of fiber and written E-Toilet. I was like E- Toilet, I had heard about e-books, e-library, e-commerce, e- shopping now what is this E- Toilet.

I was excited to know about it and I hope now you would be too. I will tell you about this E- Toilet.

To improve sanitation and seeing the nature of Indians our government has tried to think out of the box for the first time and has installed e-toilets in many cities. E-toilets are simply great for the Indian society who has its about misconceptions about cleaning and using the toilets.   

Like a beverage machine coins is inserted into the slot and guess what? The doors of the toilet slides open, the light, the exhaust fan turn on, the platform gets clean.

Features...

It is a programmed device with an automated door opening, power flushing, automatic closet washing, sterilization, and automatic platform cleaning mechanism. This all is managed by SMS alerts to inform the control room about the status of water tank and bio gas plant. This unit can be managed from a remote location.

Another unique feature of e-toilets is bio-membrane reactor which is a Nano-technology aided device that instantly recycles the used water and makes it ready for future use. This makes efficient water conservation and effective waste decomposition methods.

The human waste is treated by bio enzymes to non-harmful products without bacteria.

Where Are These Toilets Installed In India?

In total 16 units are installed out of which 6 are in Greater Noida while the rest are at various places in Kerala. 15 more units in Kozhikode city and 1 in Kochi are under installation. It is expected that 2000 units in Kerala and 8000 units in other Indian cities will be installed.

Why it is still not meant for India?

Though this was unique but it was not a huge success as it was thought to be. One of the major reasons was reluctance of women to use this new technology and also improper marketing of e- toilets. People were not informed about how to use the toilets.

A major complaint raised by a user was that she was stuck in one of the toilets as the doors were jammed.

Another strange thing was the cases of stealing of all the electronic items like the exhaust fans and wiring at many places.

Scope For Improvement…

These e-toilets can be made user-friendly by having manual lock along with the auto lock. Instructions should be printed in all major languages spoken in the vicinity. Special care must be taken my adding security coding in the devices to eliminate risk of theft. These devices should be properly advertised to increase and promote its use.

Hopefully these will be included and will help it to be a success in India.

(Bhakti Donga)