The Palampur Municipal Corporation (MC) is under public scrutiny over the installation of 31 prefabricated fiber sheet toilets on concrete platforms in different parts of the city.

The civic body has failed to make all toilets operational even three years after their installation.

These toilets are in a shambles and lying locked, causing inconvenience to the public. Most of their fittings, including water tanks, have been stolen in the past three years.

Because of the poor quality of fiber sheets and substandard material used in the construction of concrete platforms, these toilets were hardly used for a month.

The MC had hired a private company for the installation of toilets in different wards of the city. It had spent over Rs 14 lakh per toilet and paid Rs 3.81 crore to the firm for

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