CHENNAI: The one-acre Santhome beach playground along Marina Loop Road near Nambikkai Nagar has turned into an open defecation spot since the stretch has no public toilets.

However, there are only eight public toilets there — four each for men and women. With toilets being insufficient, people use the open area near the Otteri burial ground to defecate.

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These bio-toilets were installed several months ago by the Greater Chennai Corporation and many of those employed at the offices on the stretch were using them.

“You can’t spend even 10 seconds near that toilet,” says a slum dweller in Chintadripet, pointing to a public toilet that has not been cleaned for day.

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There’s a reason public toilets are equipped with U-shaped seats as opposed to the O-shaped ones you’d find on your personal porcelain throne at home.

CHENNAI: “Two years ago, an old lady was bitten by a snake when she went to the open fields to relieve herself. We have lived here for 40 years but there are still no toilets,” says Chenchemma ...

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When Monika, a techie stopped her scooter to use a new "free luxury public toilet" in Rajiv Gandhi Salai, she was expecting a stinking unhygienic toilet. But the 25-year-old was pleasantly ...