TRANSFORMING INDIA

Innovation for Viksit Bharat

Initiative Details

Project Name An App for Finding Toilets
Department/State/District Department of Rural
Sector Rural Development
Year 2018
Project Details

Summary

The Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) has multifaceted implementations across various sectors. One of the important missions under the Swachh Bharat Campaign is construction of toilets to prevent open defecation and related health and personal hazards. In addition to rural areas, access to public toilets in urban dwellings was also listed as an important factor under the SBM. The underutilisation or lack of information about existing toilet facilities stood in the way of achieving the goals of SBM of a cleaner India. Thus, a mechanism was required wherein centralised information could be made available to the public. The Deputy Commissioner of Hoshiarpur in Punjab, Vipul Ujjwal upon brainstorming concluded that if one could collate the presented to the Ministry of Urban Development. Upon receiving the approval, the android based mobile application was devised to help users navigate to toilets with utmost ease using the Google Maps feature. Along with the core app, a supportive app called SBTL Admin was also created for the authorities. The SBTL Admin app would help the appointed ULB officials and sanitation inspectors collect, collate, geo-tag and verify the data of the existing toilet facilities to ensure that it is genuine and usable... Read More