Over a week after my submission was printed in TOI on May 21, the community toilet at Siddharth Nagar is still not functional. But there seems to have a small action as according to the locals, some officials came 3-4 days ago to take measurements for the sewer line. This toilet was finished & made ready for use more than six months ago but is awaiting a sewer line.
Meanwhile, hundreds of residents of Siddharth Basti (Indira Camp), a nearby JJ cluster, continue to defecate in the open. Amid tall claims of Swachh Bharat, what will it take for the authorities to take this up on a priority?