The Government needs to fix this huge problem:TOILETS FOR OUR SISTERS

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It is extremely a distubing news that the horrible suffering endured by women family members, colleagues or friends when they travel by bus b ecause they just don’t have any decent toilet options!
Toilets on road stops are eit her una vailable or so filthy that they are unusable. It’s sheer torture for women to travel for 12+ hours in any bus in any route in India and not be able to go to the toilet.
Many Indians prefer traveling by bus because of non-availability of train tickets or the expense of flight tickets. But for women, senior citizens and people with disabilities traveling by bus in India has always been a nightmare because of the toilet problem.
The Government needs to fix this huge problem with the Indian transport system. What is the point of futuristic highways and smart cities if women can’t use these highways?
Men have never had a problem because they just go behind the nearest tree and relieve themselves. Women are left with unhygienic or outright dangerous options like going into the nearby bushes, with strange men lurking around.
Once in a while there might be paid toilets. Even here, the hygiene is horrible. What is worse is that men can do their business for 1 or 2 rupees. Women and children too are charged 5 to 15 rupees. Isn’t this sheer discrimination?
We pay lots of taxes and cesses these days. It is our right as Indian citizens to have decent and safe infrastructure, especially for travel. Let’s raise our voices so that Indian women can travel knowing that they don’t have to suffer without a bathroom stop for hours on end.If If all of us get together and speak up, we can get Minister of Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, to pay attention and prioritise a solution to this problem.
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