Kolkata: In a stride towards supporting the cause of menstrual hygiene and enhancing the travel experience of female passengers, Airports Authority of India at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (NSCBI) Kolkata has taken a unique initiative of installing sanitary napkin vending machines.
Recently, 22 sanitary napkin vending machines have been placed inside the ladies toilets of Kolkata Airport.
Lauding the initiative by AAI, Airport Director Atul Dikhshit said: "The sanitary napkin vending machines have been installed at the women's toilet at both, departure and arrival levels of the terminal building.These sanitary napkin dispensing machine have been provided for promoting menstrual hygiene and maintaining personal cleanliness factors."
It may be mentioned that NSCBI airport has around 60,000 daily passenger movement and is expected to cross over 18.9 million footfall in current fiscal.
The services started in the beginning of 2018 with an average monthly consumption of 30-40 pads per machines. The total consumption at all dispensers is around 700-800 pads per month. The cost of each sanitary pad is Rs 5.