Indian Public Toilet
NEW DELHI (Reuters)
People relieving themselves in the open is a common sight in India's rural towns and villages, as basic sanitation still eludes millions.
Last month, authorities in a southern Indian state fined people caught urinating in public view for a few days.
This week, officials in a remote town started offering people money for using public urinals.
Dozens of people are queuing up to use toilets in Musiri, a remote town in Tamil Nadu state, where authorities have succeeded in keeping street corners clean with the new scheme, The Times of India newspaper said on Sunday.
In India, a drive to ensure cleanliness in streets for a week or so is a common exercise, but people often forget such drives in a hurry and the street corners are suddenly smelling again and people using handkerchiefs and sometimes masks to cover their nose.
The poor of Musiri, are earning upto a dollar a month and very happy to keep the street corners clean.
P.S. I am sure there still remain in India many street urinals like the one pictured above this article.
But, to be fair, there are also more modern ones like this:
The picture of the modern toilet is obviously a Male toilet judging by the urinals , so what is that women doing in thae picture ?