The State government can neither shut its eyes nor mouth to the issue of poorly maintained and insufficient number of public toilets in Bengaluru city, the High Court of Karnataka said as the government had not filed its response even though the court is hearing a PIL petition on the issue from the last three years.
The court also said that the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) had prepared its action-taken report in “undue haste, mechanical manner and without application of mind” in responding to the findings of the status of around 400 public toilets, made by the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority (KSLSA).
