Toilet facilities being provided along Highways

New Delhi: Separate toilet facilities for male and female users are being constructed near all toll plazas as a part of the Swachh Bharat Mission and the government aims to create Wayside Amenities every 40-60 kilometers along the national highways, the Rural Development Ministry informed the Lok Sabha.
This information was given by Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in a written reply on Monday while quoting the information provided by the Road Transport and Highways Ministry.

“So far as construction of public toilets near toll plazas of National/State Highways are concerned, as per information provided by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), as a part of Swachh Bharat Mission, separate toilet blocks for males/females toilets are being constructed near/at the toll plazas on project stretches under the jurisdiction of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) since 2015,” the minister said in his reply.
“Further, in order to empower people to report any issues on highway (including toilets/public convenience) Rajmarg Yatra application has been recently developed for use by National Highway users,” Chouhan said.
Over 1,300 toilet blocks have been registered on NHAI One application for monitoring of their cleanliness, the reply added.