Goemkarponn desk
CANACONA: The only Toilet in the heart of the busy commercial hub of Chaudi (at Old Bus-Stand) in Canacona is under lock and key.
According to sources, the Septic -tank of the public toilet/ Sulabh Shauchalaya operated by Sulabh International at Chaudi is full, and the toilet has been closed.
The reason is ‘the night-soil tanker has not arrived to empty the overflowing soil tank’.
When inquired further, an attendant at the Sulabh Shauchayalaya/ Toilet said, “The night-soil tanker driver had gone to his village for the Holi celebrations and has not returned since then. The overflowing tank could not be cleaned, so it was closed for safety purposes’.
Incidentally, CMC operates a Night-Soil Tanker as the only one in the whole of Canacona and often rents it out for private use to the citizens and the villages of Canacona taluka.
On Tuesday, with the government’s Shigamotsav floats parade scheduled at Chaudi, hundreds of people, if not thousands, including the various floats participating women and children, will be converging in Chaudi throughout the evening to witness this extravagant celebration, will have to face tough moments as far as answering urgent natures call, in the absence of a toilet at the prime and busy location.-
