Not ready for competition

Toilets poorly maintained

By A Staff Reporter

IMPHAL | Jan 12

Despite state government’s efforts to excel in the Swaschhta competition for ranking in cleanliness under Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), toilets of some of the premier colleges and schools in the capital city are in a sorry state of affair.

Currently an independent team is surveying the level of cleanliness in towns of the state under Swachh Survekshan (leanliness contest) of towns of the country under the SBM. Imphal city is yet to be surveyed.

Imphal city is among 500 cities across the country selected for the SBM (SBM) in the category one. In the category two 164 towns of the Northeast including 26 towns in Manipur will vie for the top positions.

The survey is currently on in small towns of the state.

Manipur ranked 15 th in the Swachh Survekshan 2015. It came down to the rank of 122 nd in 2017.

 It is during this crucial period that toilets of some of the government’s premier institutions, which are regarded as place of enlightenment, present disheartening pictures.

Though these toilets are well constructed there is no sign of proper maintenance.

A one day survey conducted by The Imphal Free Pres on Wednesday in some of the government institutions located in Imphal city found that the toilets are dirty and stinky.

At one of the toilets huge amounts of mud are accumulated on the corridor of the toilet and sanitary napkins are being thrown carelessly on the flasket of the toilet. The buckets are really dirty.

In one of the college toilets vines wwere seen entering the toilet through the ventilator. Water was not flowing from the tap on the day of the survey.

In a boys’ school wrappers of tobacco products were found dumped in the urine toilet.