Google introduces public toilet locator in India

[Kashif Rafiq]

Google introduces public toilet locator in India

NEW DELHI (Web Desk) - Google has joined hands with Indias Ministry of Urban Development to develop a toilet locator service that will help users find clean toilets around them.




Initially, the new service has been introduced in New Delhi and Madhya Pradesh.




According to Indian Today, Google is adding the location, address and opening hours of over four thousand communal and public restrooms to its Maps. It is beginning to roll out these new local listings on Google Maps today, and it will be available to users both on desktop and smartphones( iOS and Android). This service will be accessible to users both in English and Hindi language.




Speaking on the launch, Sanket Gupta, Product Manager at Google Maps said people searching for toilets in Delhi can type "public toilet" in Google Maps and access the 5,162 toilets in the capital as well as its surrounding areas and cities in the central state of Madhya Pradesh.

Half of Indian's population has no access to toilets at home and are forced to defecate in the open.

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The feature also allows users to provide feedback on cleanliness in the toilets.
Open defecation is a worldwide issue. According to a UNICEF report, one in 10 individuals practice open defecation.

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According to a survey, almost 70 per cent of Indian households still do not have access to toilets as a result they are forced to defecate in open space.

http://dunyanews.tv/en/Technology/366909-Google-introduces-public-toilet-locator-in-India

 

[mubarik Shah]

Hahahahahahahahahaha

Best use of technology.......for ENDIA....

 

[battery low]

چلو اب انڈیا والوں کی پینٹ گلی نہیں ہو گی باتھ رروم ڈھونڈنے کے چکر میں ہاہاہاہا

 

[rising_pakistan]

everywhere you step in india, watch for ****

 

[BrotherKantu]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Google CEO Sundar Pichai at the Google Headquarters

مودی:
پچھایی بیٹا بہت جور کی ایئ ہے کیا کروں؟

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پچھایی :
جی پردھان منترری جی ابھی گوگل ایپ بنا دیتا ہوں.​

 

[Anonymous Paki]

اب آپ انڈیا میں گوگل سے سرجیکل اسٹرائیک کرنے کا قریب ترین راستہ ڈھونڈ سکتے ہیں۔۔ شکریہ!!!!!

 

[jimpack]

As usual Pakistanis stupidity in full display.

 

[nepali.nationalist]

India: Google launches public toilet locator in Delhi to fight open defecation : ache din :)

Google launches public toilet locator in Delhi

Initiative pinpoints more than 5,000 toilets as part of government's nationwide campaign against open defecation.

According to the UN, around 595 million people, or nearly half of India's population, defecates in the open
[AP]Google has launched a feature that will assist people in India's capital in locating the nearest public toilet.

Launched on Thursday, the initiative is part of the government's nationwide campaign to stop public urination and open defecation, Google India spokesman Gaurav Bhaskar told Al Jazeera on Saturday.

People searching for toilets in Delhi can type "public toilet" in Google Maps and access the 5,162 toilets in the capital, as well as its surrounding areas and cities in the central state of Madhya Pradesh.

The locations of the toilets are marked "swachh public toilet" on Google Maps.

"The government plans to cover more areas in India with the feature," said Bhaskar.

"We will update the maps with these locations as and when officials provide us the information."

The feature also allows users to provide feedback on cleanliness in the toilets.


Open defecation is a worldwide issue. According to a UNICEF report, one in 10 individuals practices open defecation.

In India, however, nearly half of its 1.2bn population has no access to toilets at home and are forced to defecate in the open.

In his first Independence Day address two years ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the building of toilets in rural India one of his government's major priorities.

READ MORE: Meet the 'toilet man of India'

In addition to sanitation issues, open defecation could result in women suffering from increased sexual violence, a recent study found.

The study, conducted by researchers from the University of Michigan, concluded that women who did not access to "household toilets" were twice as likely to face sexual violence as women who do have such access.

One of the researchers said the study suggested that improving infrastructure and access to toilets would provide a safer environment for women.

"Our findings provide further rationale for NGOs and the Indian government to expand sanitation programmes, and raise new questions about the potentially protective role of sanitation facilities in other contexts beyond India," the study said.

In 2014, the Indian government launched the Clean India campaign to end open defecation in five years by building millions of toilets and improving access to sanitation.

[COLOR=#8E8E8E !important]Source: [COLOR=#212121 !important]Al Jazeera and news agencies

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[nepali.nationalist]

we are glad to see this international initiative. And support google and other tech companies in mapping out a p00ping plan for delhi and wider endia :biggthumpup:...in a pressure situation these apps can be invaluable ..

keep it going and lets help endia become open defecation free.

Pakistan and nepal are willing to assist should they be requested to do so !:biggthumpup:

 

[nepali.nationalist]

$hit pack ...did pakistan ask google to come up with this ??..grow up and get a life you dumb !diot!

As usual Pakistanis stupidity in full display.

 

[jimpack]

$hit pack ...did pakistan ask google to come up with this ??..grow up and get a life you dumb !diot!

Moron at his literary foolishness.

 

[nepali.nationalist]

ok toiletless [hilar][hilar]

Moron at his literary foolishness.

 

[faaiq.sheikh]

Kia chahtay ho bhai ..toilet locator Google .. google ka saray kaam katam hogay hein abb india me washroom dhooday ga :13:

 

[yasirashraf271]

Fore More
http://www.onlinepakistanofficial.com/2016/12/search-public-toilets-near-your-area.html