RAIPUR Municipal Corporation Mayor Meenal Choubey performed the ‘bhoomipujan’ ceremony for the construction of two new aspirational public toilets in the city. Each 10-seater toilet will be built at an approved cost of approximately 30 lakh rupees. One of the aspirational toilets will be constructed near the Shri Jagannath Temple in Sarovar Gayatri Nagar, under the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose ward of Zone 3 in the Raipur North Assembly constituency.

 

The second facility will come up near the New Garden area of Swami Vivekananda Sarovar Budhatalab, under the Swami Vivekananda Sadar Bazaar ward of Zone 4. The groundbreaking ceremony was attended by Raipur North MLA Purandar Mishra, Raipur South MLA Sunil Soni, MIC members Gayatri Sunil Chandrakar, Sanjana Santosh Hiyal and Amar Gidwani, Zone 4 Chairperson Murli Sharma, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose ward councilor Pushpa Rohit Sahu, Brahmanpara ward councilor Ajay Sahu, dignitaries, social workers and local citizens were also present on the occasion.

 

The ceremony was formally conducted by breaking a coconut and performing the ritual spade work. Mayor said the new facilities near the Jagannath Temple in Gayatri Nagar and the Swami Vivekananda Sarovar Budhatalab New Garden would significantly enhance public convenience and contribute to maintaining cleanliness and a healthy environment in the city.