It is 1,63,550 voices asking gently for toilet facility on highways.
N.V. Vasudeva Sharma
Bengaluru, KA
19 Aug 2016 — A friend of mine called to tell me that her grand mother who has recently joined the connected fraternity, told her about this petition, which she received on her WhatsApp group and she is not only signing it, but also circulating to her other groups. Well, the demand for decent, safe, usable toilets on highways for women and all is growing up. Today it has reacheed 1,63,000+. It is because of your genuine support and demand.
The whole campaign is not to tarnish any body's image or blaming any one individual or group. I just happened to articulate this now, which was disturbing from quite some time. I have talked about this in my friends groups, relatives, colleagues and also in my training programmes on child rights and child protection. It is just a concern, wherein I should act and ask you and everyone to take action.
Let me as a man say, I will not urinate in my next travel, if the bus stops in a dingy place or if the driver and conductor shows me open space to relieve myself. Let us say all men from now onwards don't urinate while travelling on road and let us experience what women, senior citizens and the persons with disabilities experience and feel. Literally remembering Arunachalam Muruganantham who has taught all men what a women undergoes during periods.
In the meanwhile pasting a link of a blog which has extensively commented on the issue.