Mangaluru: Mangaluru city has it’s first five public e-toilets ready. Four are already ready for public use. It hass been built by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (HPCL) for Mangaluru City Corporation, two each are in Lalbagh and Kadri Park and another one is near the Government Wenlock Hospital, RS road, in Hampankatta. The public sector oil company has built them under its corporate social responsibility.

The toilet near the hospital cannot be commissioned immediately due to an issue pertaining to linking it to the sewage network. A portion of the concrete road would have to be cut for taking up this work. The other four toilets have been provided with water, electricity facility and linked to the sewage network.

The Chief Regional Manager, HPCL, is reported to have said that the company spent Rs. 30 lakh on them at Rs. 6 lakh each. He said that the toilets would be commissioned this month, may be in the next few days. A user could enter the toilet by inserting Rs. 1 coin and also coins of other denomination.

The corporation official said that the unmanned toilet had automatic flushing and sanitising facility. When a user entered it, lights and the exhaust fan will switch on automatically and go off once the user leaves the toilet. Hand wash facility will also be available.