Rlys to build deluxe toilets at Patna Junction

PATNA: The Railway Board has approved a plan to construct 10 deluxe toilets at major stations under the Danapur division this year. Four of these
toilets would be built at Patna Junction.

Each toilet will cost Rs 10 lakh to Rs 20 lakh, Danapur DRM B D Garg said, adding railways has invited tender and work will be taken up soon in partnership with private sector so as to make the toilets functional this year itself.

While three of the toilets will come up at Patna Junction side, one will be built at Karbigahiya end of the junction. Two such toilets would be built at Rajendra Nagar Terminal, Garg said.

The toilets will have all the modern facilities both for men and women, including the physically-challenged persons. There will also be provision for hot and cold water in each bathroom. Mini cloak room facilities will also be provided in the toilets.

Designed on the pattern of toilets in foreign countries, these toilets would also have magazines and newspapers on offer as well as facility of shoe polishing. Cleaning and maintenance work will be done round the clock.

According to sources, railways have approved the plan to furnish these toilets with granite, exquisite marble pieces and tiles to provide a neat and clean look to them. Private sectors could also use the walls of these toilets for advertisement purpose. Furnished with rare electrical and water fittings, the toilets would be no-smoking zones.

Buxar, Danapur and Ara stations would get one deluxe toilet each in future. Each toilet will be built in an area of about 108 feet x 20 feet, sources said adding passengers will have to pay Rs 5 each for using the toilet and bathroom facilities while a sum of Rs 2 will be charged for using only the toilet.
Source : Times of India