Half of city’s public toilets shut
High expenditure blamed for discontinuation of facility in past two years
The number of public toilets in the city should have been doubled in view of the increasing population and number of regular commuters. PHOTO: EXPRESS
LAHORE:
Despite the population of the provincial capital increasing to about 15 million, the number of public toilets operating in the city has dropped in recent years.
The metropolitan corporation has failed to build new public toilets, while 12 out of the 25 facilities present earlier have been closed during the past two years because of high expenses. The population of Lahore is estimated to have risen to about 15 million, of whom about three million travel in the city daily.