Discomfort for women in God’s own country

Discomfort for women in God’s own country

 Sithara Issac

Trivandrum: The comfort zones for women in the capital city governed by a lady mayor is alarmingly lesser when compared to other big cities. The city residents as well as visitors roam around the city in search of comfort stations to urinate and to refresh. Though there are some toilets in the main centeres, no boards are put up locating this facility. Women naturally are the mostaffected ones as they cannot answer the call of the nature on roadsides like men. They neither ask the public about a toilet in vicinity nor visit a big hotel where there may be clean toilets.

Most medium and small hotels don’t have hygienic toilets. According to the rules, the city hotels having 30 seats and above must have toilet facility for men and women. The rule remains only on paper because no official takes action against such violations.

Many public offices in the city have comparatively good toilets, but they are not accessible to the general public.  People avoid foul smelling and filthy toilets in KSRTC bus stands and market places. Instead of visiting such discomfort zones  men will find the roadsides more comforting, though it appears to be indecent to the public, especially women. Women find it extremely difficult to walk with their children on their shoulders when their urinary bladder fills up. Would somebody in power listen to the woes of the sisters in discomfort, in the city of the richest deity in the world.