The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday opened two bio toilets on the promenade of the Mumbai Coastal Road. The move comes two months after the 5.5 km-long promenade was opened to the public on August 15, following its virtual inauguration by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

According to civic officials, the first toilet has been set up near the pedestrian underpass located opposite Worli Dairy, and the second near the underpass at the north of Bindu Madhav Thackeray Chowk on Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Road.

Authorities stated that, as the coastal road is constructed on reclaimed land, it was a challenge to build toilets on it due to the lack of sewer lines. “So we had to opt for setting up bio toilets. These facilities are equipped with bio-digester tanks manufactured by the

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