People suffer for lack of public toilets in Barisal
The Barisal City Corporation has only seven public toilets for about five lakh dwellers of the city of 45 square kilometres. The inadequate public toilet facilities cause immense sufferings to the city dwellers as well as people visiting the city for various purposes, people at different areas in the city said, adding that women are the worst suffers. Jahangir Alam and Matiur Rahman, officials of sanitation and health department of BCC, said on average there is one public toiled in the city in every 6.5 square kilometres of area and for over 71,000 people.