Chennai
gets India's first self-cleaning smart toilets
In most Indian cities, public sanitation remains woefully inadequate, with rampant public urination and
toilets being either dirty or too few. In a
first of its kind project in India, over 180
self-cleaning public eToilets have been installed in the southern Indian city of Chennai.
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What makes these
toilets even more user-friendly is that they can be located through an Android app called eToilet. Through it,
Chennai residents can find
toilets on the map, rate them, offer feedback and even suggest new places where they should be installed. Officials from the Greater
Chennai Corporation can use a second app to remotely monitor hygiene levels, usage figures and water availability at each toilet.
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