COVID-19 Campaign

What is a Shared Toilet?

A toilet at home is a shared toilet, unless one is living alone and does not have any visitors. Any toilet in office, shop, factory, storage facilities, etc. is a shared toilet. So are toilets in public places such as those in markets, bus and train stations, airports, parks, courts and government offices. All community toilets will be classified as shared toilets. Simply put, any toilet used by more than one person is a shared toilet; such a shared facility is a part of our regular life.

Voices from the Field

"Due to COVID19, we fear touching things outside our homes. I am more concerned about the situation post lockdown. Wherein while using the toilets we might have to touch various things like water tap, soap dispenser, flush & Doors.

If there is a solution which helps in minimizing the touch in toilets that will defiantly help in reducing the contamination."

Ravi Nayar, Manager

MNC, Gurgaon

"Men have it easy but for us its always very difficult to find a hygienic toilet and with the current scenario its going to be even more difficult. I think that they should keep toilet seat sanitizer along with toilet paper rolls. With minimum touch inside the toilet, may be a sensor system should work. Also, there should be classes for kids as its very important for them to understand hygienic habits."

Rekha Verma, English Teacher

PVT School, Faridabad

"I feel awareness about hygiene & sanitation should be more focused towards poor people. They are the ones who are using more of shared toilets on a regular basis and based on reports more cases of contamination happens among this strata of society. So, I feel digital mediums like mobile phones, TV etc. will be best platforms to reach these people and educate them about the habits and usage of toilets in vernacular language"

Neelam Khatri, Govt.

Official, Noida

"Maybe the multi-stall restroom is obsolete,” “With covid, we’re moving toward a more European model, where the WC is a single room and then you go out into a shared sink area, along with touchless design and maybe a return to restroom attendants."

Enanka Roy, Interior

Designer & Architecture

Need of the Hour

The need of the hour, when India gets back to work is to build a pan India campaign on :

"SHARE THE TOILET, NOT THE DISEASE"

The idea is to create a large community of volunteers, who will becoming the driving force of this campaign. This community of volunteers will generate awareness and influence people at large on good practices to maintain shared/common toilets as safe spaces. Using this community of volunteers we will be addressing some of the most pertinent questions like: