Google launches toilet locator in India to stop public peeing


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  • Tuesday, 03 Jan 2017

(FILES) In this photograph taken on November 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. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has decided to give residents one Indian Rupee (US cents 0.02) 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. AFP PHOTO/Chandan KHANNA/FILES

NEW DELHI: Google has launched a new feature that helps users in India locate the nearest public toilet as part of a government campaign to stop public urination and open defecation. 

By typing in the keyword "Swachh Public Toilet" in Google Maps on their smartphones, users can access 5,162 toilets in national capital Delhi, as well as its surrounding areas and cities in the central state of Madhya Pradesh. 

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