Airport loo raises a 'stink'

Nagpur: The gents loo at Nagpur airport's arrival lounge has such a repulsive look that the first thing a visitor will reach out for is his handkerchief and not the mobile. To put it simply, it resembles a flooded street on a rainy day. Even a simple hop, skip and jump is not enough to reach the urinal which, if he is lucky, will be not be overflowing.
"This is really terrible," said a Mumbaikar who flew into Nagpur for the first time on Wednesday. "There's a lot of reconstruction activity going on but it doesn't mean that the toilet cannot be maintained. It's worse than any public urinal in Mumbai."
The unhygienic conditions apart, there is also a colossal waste of water too. "I'm really surprised that nobody has noticed it and no action has been taken," said this Mumbaikar. "Nagpur is supposed to be the No 2 city in Maharashtra, but I'm sorry to say that it will never happen if such conditions exist."
When contacted, a senior Airports Authority of India official who preferred anonymity said, " passengers are facing problems due to ongoing modernisation and renovation work of airport terminal building. At present internal pipeline installation work is going on due to which the gents loo may have developed some problems. Our officials regularly check the loo and clean it after every hour".
21/02/08 Times of India

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Categories: airports Feb 2008