The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) installed two bio-toilets along the Mumbai Coastal Road on Monday to improve public amenities for tourists and visitors. The first unit is located near the pedestrian underpass opposite Worli Dairy, while the second is near the underpass north of Bindu Madhav Thackeray Chowk on Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Road.
Septic Tank–Based Bio-System
Since the promenade lacks a sewer line network, the newly installed toilets are equipped with septic tank–based bio-digesters. Kiran Dighavkar, Deputy Municipal Commissioner of Solid Waste Management, stated, “These facilities have bio-digester tanks (3,500 litres) developed by DRDO, which internally process biological waste, eliminating the need for underground sewer lines. They are fully solar-powered and do n