In the wake of a series of mid-day reports, civic officials have finally attached iron doors to nine public toilets at Sant Jalaram Bapu Nagar chawl in Vasai East. The original doors had been stolen around six months ago, compelling women to squat in the open.
 
The chawl’s residents had approached mid-day as Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) officials and local politicians allegedly turned a deaf ear to them. The locals thanked this newspaper for highlighting their issues in its January 7 and 14 editions.

Guruvachan Kannaujia, a resident, said, “We had been struggling to get the issue sorted for the past six months. It was really very uncomfortable for everyone, including young women, to squat in the open. We are thankful to mid-day for strongly putting across our genuine demands to the civic officials who weren’t acting on our written complaints.”