Mumbai Coastal Road Promenade Gets 2 New Bio Toilets

In a boost to provoide hygiene, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday, October 13, opened two bio toilets on the promenade of the Mumbai Coastal Road. The move comes two months after the 5.5 km-long promenade was opened to the public on August 15, following its virtual inauguration by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

According to civic officials, the first toilet has been set up near the pedestrian underpass located opposite Worli Dairy, and the second near the underpass at the north of Bindu Madhav Thackeray Chowk on Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Road.

Authorities stated that, as the coastal road is constructed on reclaimed land, it was a challenge to build toilets on it due to the lack of sewer lines. Therefore, civic body decided to opt for bio toilets.

Features of toilet:

• Each of these toilets is equipped with 11 toilet seats and will be accessible to the specially abled.
• The authorities also said that the toilets will include a sanitary pad incinerator as well as a sanitary pad vending machine.
• There will be four bio toilets on the coastal road. While two of them are currently operational, the remaining two will become operational within the next fortnight, officials stated.

The coastal road promenade is longer than the Marine Drive and comprises cycle tracks and sitting areas, along with patches of green cover.

This promenade extends between Priyadarshini Park at Breach Candy and Worli and runs parallel to the coastal road.