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When Monika, a techie stopped her scooter to use a new "free luxury public toilet" in Rajiv Gandhi Salai, she was expecting a stinking unhygienic toilet. But the 25-year-old was pleasantly surprised. "The toilet is swanky and clean with no bad smell.
Sashank Pathak owns a photocopy shop in one of the busiest markets of Ranchi, Jharkhand’s capital city. His small-scale business needs regular power to run his machines. But since the onset of the heatwave in the region, erratic power supply has been troubling him and many other traders in his area. Tired of the power […]
It has 400 plus facilities to its credit, including one in Srinagar
Ever since 2018, Abhishek Nath has woken up every morning to images of public toilets on his phone. Why? Because that is his business.
He is the brain behind Loo Café that first popped up all over Hyderabad and Telangana, followed by Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir). As of now there are around 451 of these public restrooms, each with a cosy tuck shop attached The brand is expanding and now in the process of opening across Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karnataka.
“Within the next 60 days we will have our first unit in Chennai, in the T Nagar area. Around 10 spots have been identified in the city,” says Abhishek, managing director and ceo of Ixora Fm, the parent company of Loo Café.