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Figure 6: Buses reuse for Toilets, PMC 4. Sunidhi Toilets in Tamil
Nadu
The Sunidhi toilets, which
have opened in Tamil Nadu’s
Dindigul and Madurai, are
for women and girls who
have reached menarche.
There are incinerators, napkin
vending machines, and other
amenities in the restrooms.
Used sanitary napkins can be
thrown into the incinerator,
which will burn them. The
ashes can be flushed.
Figure 8: Sunidhi Toilets in
Tamil Nadu
Source: The Economic Times
feature in the form of a panic Thiruvananthapuram Zoo
button, which acts as an alarm opened its doors to the first-
to report any threat inside ever ‘Smart She’ toilet on its
the bus. These toilets are premises in 2017. This one
extremely safe to use because differs from others because
each bus has a security guard in addition to all the facilities
stationed there. present elsewhere, it also
has a fully automated pre-
3. Smart Toilets in Kerala flushing and flushing system,
Kerala is the most recent state as well as modular features Source: The Hindu
to embrace the concept of She such as a sanitary napkin
Toilets and put it into practice. vending machine and a Despite the various steps
napkin incinerator. taken by the government,
the experience from the
Figure 7: Smart She toilet Kerla Millennium Development
Goals demonstrates that
States concentrate only on
globally measured objectives
such as the distribution
of sanitary napkins and
construction of toilets. While
both are very important, the
focus should not be only on
them and a more holistic
approach should be adopted.
The present policy framework
Source: The Hindu is only effective to the extent of
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