In this photograph taken on Nov 18, 2014, Indian men urinate on a wall at the roadside in New Delhi, the eve of World Toilet Day. A city council in western India is planning to pay residents to use public toilets in a desperate attempt to stop legions of people urinating and defecating in public. -- PHOTO: AFP.
AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) - A city council in western India is planning to pay residents to use public toilets in a desperate attempt to stop legions of people urinating and defecating in public.
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has decided to give residents 1 rupee (2 Singapore cents) a visit, in a bid to draw them into its 300 public toilets and away from open areas and public walls, which often reek of urine.
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