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Public Toilets, Theoretically
Facilities whose working hours remain a well-kept secret. Tiling chosen, evidently, for its resale value elsewhere.
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Swachh Bharat Mission toilets (unbuilt)
A CAG audit found Delhi's municipal corporations failed to construct a single toilet under the Swachh Bharat Mission despite ₹40+ crore sitting unused in bank accounts for over 30 months, while roughly 350,000 households lacked toilets.
GHMC Public Toilets — Crores Spent on Toilets That "Don't Exist"
GHMC has spent crores maintaining public toilets that turned out to be non-functional or non-existent — of a claimed 2,260 to 5,299 toilet seats, only around 400 were actually functional. In 2021 GHMC installed 2,260 temporary toilets that were reportedly "not opened for public use and were used for erecting banners," with many lacking water and sewerage connections.
Locked public toilets
Public toilets built under the Swachh Bharat Mission in parts of Guwahati remain permanently locked, defeating the mission's sanitation goals.
Locked/Unusable Public Toilets (Singara Chennai 2.0)
Greater Chennai Corporation spent crores building or upgrading community toilet complexes, but numerous completed units sit permanently locked and never opened, while others suffer inadequate water supply and severe filth that render them unusable.
Locked and Unusable Public Toilets
More than ten public toilets built with Swachh Bharat and government grant money have remained locked for years, some with broken windows and drainage problems; a separate 2026 civic survey found toilets missing in 30 wards and closed in nine more.