Public toilets to come up at three Metro stations

Kolkata: For the first time in its 34-year history, Kolkata Metro has decided to set up public toilets at Metro stations.

According to sources at the metro railways, the four stations where such facilities will come up include — Sobhabazar-Sutanati, Sahid Khudiram and Noapara.

It may be mentioned that passengers of Metro railways had to face a lot of problem due to lack of public toilets at the station.

The metro network currently consists of one operational line of 27.22 km from Noapara in the north to Kavi Subhash (Garia) in the south with more than 300 services daily. On an average, more than 6.5 lakh commuters avail metro services in the city and the number of stations stands at 24.

The decision has been welcomed by the citizens particularly women. "We will be immensely benefitted if there are public toilets at all stations. In foreign countries, there are toilets inside metro compartments," Puja Jain, a daily commuter said.